Quest for Alien Planets Exploring Worlds Outside the Solar System

Name: Quest for Alien Planets Exploring Worlds Outside the Solar System
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ISBN: 9780738208909

ISBN-10: 0738208906

ISBN-13: 9780738208909

Edition: 2003

Authors: Paul Halpern

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An amazing journey throughout the universe in a search for other planets and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 6/20/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.49" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Comment About Terminology


Introduction: The Lure of Unknown Worlds



Red Neighbor


Invaders from Mars?


The Canal Controversy


Mariners and Vikings


Rocky Revelations


Earth's Other Neighbor



The Far Reaches of the Solar System


Galileo's Scope


Requisites to Motion


Eyes in Space


Realm of the Giants


Planet X



The Great Wobble Hunt


A Matter of Distance


Bright Lights


Stellar Menagerie


Sirius Disturbances


Barnard's Star Search


The Skeptic of Sproul


Wobble Watchers



Riddle of the Pulsar Planets


Duelling Announcements


The Pulsar Planet that Almost Was


The Mystery of Pulsars


In a Flash


Second-Hand Worlds


The Confirmation Challenge



By Jupiter! Giant Worlds Around Alien Stars


Planet-Hunting Season


Doppler Detection


Bellerophon, the Horseman of Pegasus


Temperate New Territories


Novel and Eccentric Worlds


Seeing the Invisible



Hidden Worlds: Planets as Dark Matter


The Hidden Majority


Strange Rotations


Spacetime's Wrinkled Fabric


Gavity's Rainbow


Macho Detectives


Planet Sleuths


The Other Side of Matter


Our Cosmic Fate



Signs of Life


Questing Other Earths


Vital Ingredients


Seeking Suitable Suns


How Close for Comfort?


The Right Slant


The Elusive Blue Sky


Competing with Darwin


Planetary Disk Pursuit



Making Contact


Ear to the Stars


The Wizard of Ozma


Greeting the Aliens


Lonely Silence


Phoenix Rising


Preparing for Contact


Conclusion: Pushing the Light Barrier


References


Related Reading


Planet-Related Computer Sites on the World Wide Web


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