Strange new worlds : the search for alien planets and life beyond our solar system /

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Author / Creator:Jayawardhana, Ray.
Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Description:1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12539828
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ISBN:9781400846542
1400846544
9781400838134
1400838134
069115807X
9780691158075
9786613001344
6613001341
1283001349
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9780691142548
9780691158075
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Summary: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 are, the ramifications for all areas of human thought and endeavor--from religion and philosophy to art and biology--will be breathtaking. In 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 fifteen years, after millennia of speculation, have astronomers begun to discover planets around othe.
Other form:Print version: Jayawardhana, Ray. Strange new worlds. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011 9780691142548

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