LEADER 03900nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910965342603321 005 20240912174945.0 010 $a9786613001344 010 $a9781400838134 010 $a1400838134 010 $a9781283001342 010 $a1283001349 010 $a9781400846542 010 $a1400846544 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400846542 035 $a(CKB)2670000000339602 035 $a(EBL)1114878 035 $a(OCoLC)842900372 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000473489 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11346234 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000473489 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10437292 035 $a(PQKB)10270984 035 $a(DE-B1597)448022 035 $a(OCoLC)922641520 035 $a(OCoLC)999354626 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400846542 035 $z(PPN)199248397 035 $a(PPN)187961301 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88838019 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1114878 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC664623 035 $a(Perlego)735702 035 $a(FRCYB88838019)88838019 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000339602 100 $a20101029d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStrange new worlds $ethe search for alien planets and life beyond our solar system /$fRay Jayawardhana 205 $aWith a New afterword by the author 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (279 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780691142548 311 08$a0691142548 311 08$a9780691158075 311 08$a069115807X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tChapter 1: Quest for Other Worlds --$tChapter 2: Planets from Dust --$tChapter 3: A Wobbly Start --$tChapter 4: Planet Bounty --$tChapter 5: Flickers and Shadows --$tChapter 6: Blurring Boundaries --$tChapter 7: A Picture's Worth --$tChapter 8: Alien Earths --$tChapter 9: Signs of Life --$tGlossary --$tSelected Bibliography --$tAfterword to the Paperback Edition --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbout the Author 330 $aIn Strange New Worlds, renowned astronomer Ray Jayawardhana brings news from the front lines of the epic quest to find planets--and alien life--beyond our solar system. Only in the past two decades, after millennia of speculation, have astronomers begun to discover planets around other stars--thousands in fact. Now they are closer than ever to unraveling distant twins of the Earth. In this book, Jayawardhana vividly recounts the stories of the scientists and the remarkable breakthroughs that have ushered in this extraordinary age of exploration. He describes the latest findings--including his own--that 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-Earths--rocky planets with several times the mass of our own planet--and 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. In a new afterword, Jayawardhana explains some of the most recent developments as we search for the first clues of life on other planets. 606 $aExtrasolar planets 607 $aSolar system 615 0$aExtrasolar planets. 676 $a576.839 700 $aJayawardhana$b Ray$01794827 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965342603321 996 $aStrange new worlds$94335808 997 $aUNINA