Exoplanets - Hidden Worlds and the Quest for Extraterrestrial Life

Informationen zum Autor Donald Goldsmith has written more than a dozen books, including Exoplanets , The Runaway Universe , The Hunt for Life on Mars , Supernova , and, with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Origins . He has received lifetime achievement awards for astronomy education from the American Astronomical Society and for the popularization of astronomy from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Klappentext Astronomers have recently discovered thousands of exotic planets that orbit stars throughout our Milky Way galaxy. With his characteristic wit and style, Donald Goldsmith shows how these observations have already broadened our planetary horizons, and tells us what may come next, including the ultimate discovery: life beyond our home planet.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Donald Goldsmith
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780674976900
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97690-0
• Pagine: 272
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Weltraumforschung, Populärwissenschaftliche Werke, Astronomie, Raum und Zeit, Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Astronomy, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, SCIENCE / Space Science, Space Science, Solar system: the Sun & planets, Solar system: the Sun and planets, SCIENCE / Space Science / General, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy