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Bücher Sachbücher Englische Bücher Natur & Technik Naturwissenschaft Looking for Earths
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Are we alone in the unfathomable vastness of the universe? Or are there other planets capable of generating and sustaining life in an atmosphere similar to Earth's? Fifty years of intensive searching for other solar systems produced no credible claim for an extrasolar planet. Then, in the last two exciting years, several teams of astronomers around the globe caught the first glimpses of a rich… crop of giant, Jupiter-sized gas planets-the first compelling evidence that not only are there other Earth-like planets, but that they may well be more plentiful than ever imagined.
With an insider's perspective, prominent planetary scientist Alan Boss takes you to the front lines of this ongoing race for discovery, revealing the behind-the-scenes story of scientific determination, frustration, and triumph. He leads readers to the mountaintop observatories that house the world's most powerful telescopes, and into the tension-filled scientific meetings where new results are announced and old results overturned, bringing the process of discovery vividly alive. Share in the roller-coaster ride as intricate observations of miniscule stellar wobbles raise hopes high that at last a true planet has been found, only to be shattered almost immediately by more powerful observations. Follow the checkered course as competing theories of planetary formation collide and what were thought to be planets dissolve into brown dwarfs, pulsars, and binary stars.
Along the way we meet all the major players, from astronomer Peter van de Kamp, whose dreams of discovery lived on undeterred even after years of painstaking observations proved futile, to maverick NASA administrator Daniel Goldin, who dared to suggest in 1992 that "perhaps, just perhaps, the next generation's legacy will be an image of a planet 30 light years from Earth." We watch as the brilliant innovators Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz invent a new method for detection and, defying all odds, make the first major discovery by looking in territory where seasoned astronomers said no planets could ever be found.
With remarkable clarity and an astronomer's insight, Alan Boss describes the ingenious techniques and intricate measurements that planet hunters use to detect objects that are so far away even the most powerful Earth-based telescopes cannot observe them directly. He also clearly explains the crucial role played by theorists who offer inventive new ideas to account for apparently impossible data, and captures the lively tension between theory and observation that defines the forefront of astronomical discovery.
As so few books do, Looking for Earths allows readers to share in both the intellectual adventure of contemporary, high-tech discovery and the rough-and-tumble process of day-to-day scientific competition. Revealing the fierce determination required to establish and protect research programs, Alan Boss tells the inside stories of heated battles, such as the intense lobbying to save the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project in 1993 and a blow-by-blow account of the infamous 1991 "Woods Hole Shootout" that determined the direction of big-ticket American astronomy for years to come.
For anyone who ever dreamed of peering through the eyepiece of a massive telescope and glimpsing the far-distant reaches of our universe, Looking for Earths offers the excitement of astronomical observation and the intellectual adventure of discovering new worlds. neu 28,90 € -16 %*
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Technische Daten
Erscheinungsdatum
12.10.1998
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9780471184218
Herausgeber
John Wiley & Sons
Sonderedition
Nein
Autor
Alan Boss
Seitenanzahl
242
Auflage
1
Einbandart
Gebundene Ausgabe
Buch Untertitel
The Race to Find New Solar Systems
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