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Strange New Worlds

The Search for Alien Planets and Life Beyond Our Solar System

by Ray Jayawardhana

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Used Very Good(1 Copy): Princeton. 2011. Princeton University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good In Dustjacket. 288 pages. hardcover. 9780691142548. keywords: Astronomy Planets. inventory # 38005. FROM THE PUBLISHER-AN INSIDER'S LOOK AT THE CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE OF TODAY'S PLANET HUNTERS. 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 succeed, the ramifications for all areas of human thought and endeavor from religion and philosophy to art and biologyare breathtaking. In Strange New Worlds, renowned astronomer Ray Jayawardhana brings news from the front lines of the epic quest to find extrasolar planetsand alien lifebeyond our solar system. Only in the last fifteen years, after millennia of speculation, have astronomers begun to discover planets around other starshundreds in fact, but the hunt to find a true Earth-like world goes on. In this book, Jayawardhana vividly recounts the stories of the scientists and the remarkable breakthroughs that ushered in this extraordinary age of exploration. He describes the latest findingsincluding his ownthat are challenging our view of the cosmos and casting new light on the origins and evolution of planets and planetary systems. He reveals how technology is rapidly advancing to support direct observations of Jupiter-like gas giants and super-Earthsrocky planets several times the mass of our own planetand how astronomers use biomarkers to seek possible life on other worlds. Strange New Worlds provides an insider's look at the cutting-edge science of today's planet hunters, our prospects for discovering alien life, and the debates and controversies at the forefront of extrasolar-planet research. If you have ever wanted to know how astronomers are going to find an Earthlike planet, this engaging book explains it all. Not only is Strange New Worlds fantastic storytelling about the checkered and dramatic history of exoplanet discovery, but it also gives a compelling description of the path to future discoveries. ' Sara Seager, author of Exoplanet Atmospheres. Ray Jayawardhana is professor and Canada Research Chair in Observational Astrophysics at the University of Toronto as well as an award-winning science writer.

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""Strange New Worlds" is a very satisfying book that does a thorough and excellent job of tracing the discovery and characterization of extrasolar planets. It is the only popular-level book that gives full, up-to-date, and in-depth coverage of one of the most exciting and fast-moving fields of scientific research."--Greg Laughlin, coauthor of "The Five Ages of the Universe: Inside the Physics of Eternity""This is quite a good book. Its greatest strengths are the clarity of the writing; the thorough, technically accurate, and very up-to-date coverage of the material; and of course the fascinating topics the author presents."--Edwin L. Turner, Princeton University

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Media: Hardcover Book, 255 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Edition: Unknown

ISBN-10: 0691142548

Publication Date: Feb. 3rd, 2011

ISBN-13: 9780691142548

Dimensions: 5.85 x 8.61 x 1.07 inches

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Categories: Astrophysics & Space Science

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