The Search for Life Continued: Planets Around Other Stars

by Barrie W. Jones

Book Overview

Is there any life out there?.- The Solar System.- The nature of life on Earth.- The origin of life on Earth.- The evolution of life on Earth.- Extraterrestrial life in the Solar System?.- Habitats beyond the Solar System?.- Searching for exoplanets by obtaining images.- Searching for exoplanets by stellar photometry.- Searching for exoplanets by detecting the motion of their stars.- The known exoplanetary systems.- The undiscovered exoplanetary systems.-...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387765573
• ISBN13: 9780387765570
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Praxis Publications Inc
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.5"