Jayawardhana Strange New Worlds

The Search for Alien Planets and Life beyond Our Solar System
With a New afterword by the author
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4654-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Jayawardhana, Ray

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Quest for Other Worlds - The Exciting Times We Live In 1

Chapter 2 Planets from Dust- Unraveling the Birth of Solar Systems 16

Chapter 3 A Wobbly Start - False Starts and Death Star Planets 46

Chapter 4 Planet Bounty - Hot Jupiters and Other Surprises 67

Chapter 5 Flickers and Shadows - More Ways to Find Planets 94

Chapter 6 Blurring Boundaries - Neither Stars nor Planets 123

Chapter 7 A Picture's Worth - Images of Distant Worlds 149

Chapter 8 Alien Earths - In Search of Wet, Rocky Habitats 172

Chapter 9 Signs of Life - How Will We Find E.T.? 203

Glossary 229

Selected Bibliography 239

Afterword to the Paperback Edition 245

Index 251

Acknowledgments 263

About the Author 265

Über Autor(innen)

Ray Jayawardhana is professor and Canada Research Chair in Observational Astrophysics at the University of Toronto, as well as an award-winning science writer.