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Mirror Earth The Search for Our Planet's Twin

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ISBN-10: 1620403102

ISBN-13: 9781620403105

Edition: 2014

Authors: Michael D. Lemonick

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In the mid-1990s, astronomers made history when they began to find planets orbiting stars in the Milky Way. More than eight hundred planets have been found since then, yet none of them is anything like Earth and none could support life. Now, armed with more powerful technology, planet hunters are racing to find a true twin of Earth. Science writer Michael Lemonick has unique access to these exoplaneteers, as they call themselves, and Mirror Earth unveils their passionate quest. Unlike competitors in other races, Geoff Marcy, Bill Borucki, David Charbonneau, Sara Seager, and others actually consult and cooperate with one another. But only one will be the first to find Earth’s twin. Mirror…    
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Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 10/29/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English