Strange New Worlds: The Search for Alien Planets and Life beyond Our Solar System by Ray Jayawardhana ISBN 13: 9780691142548

Princeton University Press, 2011. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Princeton University Press, 2011. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Princeton University Press, 2011-02-20. Hardcover. Used: Good.

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Princeton. 2011. Princeton University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780691142548. 288 pages. hardcover. keywords: Astronomy Planets. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In Strange New Worlds, renowned astronomer Ray Jayawardhana brings news from the front lines of the epic quest to find extrasolar planets - and alien life - beyond our solar system. Only in the last fifteen years, after millennia of speculation, have astronomers begun to discover planets around other stars - hundreds in fact, but the hunt to find a true Earth-like world goes on. In this book, Jayawardhana vividly recounts the stories of the scientists and the remarkable breakthroughs that ushered in this extraordinary age of exploration. He describes the latest findings - including his own - that are challenging our view of the cosmos and casting new light on the origins and evolution of planets and planetary systems. He reveals how technology is rapidly advancing to support direct observations of Jupiter-like gas giants and… Read More

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2011. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 255 pp., Review copy with press release laid-in .

Princeton University Press, 2011-02-20. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!