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Strange new worlds : the search for alien planets and life beyond our solar system /
Soon astronomers expect to find alien Earths by the dozens in orbit around distant suns. Before the decade is out, telltale signs that they harbor life may be found. If they are, the ramifications for all areas of human thought and endeavor--from religion and philosophy to art and biology--will be b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Quest for other worlds : the exciting times we live in
- Planets from dust : unraveling the birth of solar systems
- A wobbly start : false starts and death star planets
- Planet bounty : hot Jupiters and other surprises
- Flickers and shadows : more ways to find planets
- Blurring boundaries : neither stars nor planets
- A picture's worth : images of distant worlds
- Alien earths : in search of wet, rocky habitats
- Signs of life : how will we find E.T.?