The crowded universe : the search for living planets / Alan Boss.
Astronomer Alan Boss argues that based on what we already know about planetary systems, in the coming years we will find abundant Earths, including many that are indisputably alive. Life is not only possible elsewhere in the universe, Boss argues-it is common. Boss describes how our ideas about planetary formation have changed radically in the past decade and brings readers up to date on discoveries of bizarre inhabitants of various solar systems, including our own. America must stay in this new space race, Boss contends, or risk being left out of one of the most profoundly important discoveries of all time: the first confirmed finding of extraterrestrial life. --from publisher description
Record details
- ISBN: 9780465009367 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0465009360 (alk. paper)
- Physical Description: ix, 227 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, c2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | A new space race -- The struggle to find new worlds -- Eccentric planets -- Kiss my lips, Tootsie -- The Mars gold rush -- Instability : if I did it, here's how it happened -- The battle of Prague -- The Comedy Central approach -- Transits gone wild -- 300 solar systems and counting -- Why don't you ever call?. |
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Subject: | Habitable planets. Extrasolar planets. Exobiology. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | QB 820 .B676 2009 | 30539236 | General Collection | Available | - |