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

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ISBN	9780691142548
ISBN	0691142548
Classification	523.24 JAY
Personal Name	Jayawardhana, Ray
Title	Strange new worlds : the search for alien planets and life beyond our solar system / Ray Jayawardhana.
Publication Details	Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2011.
Physical Description	255 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-244) and index.
Contents Note	Quest for other worlds: the exciting times we live in -- Planets from dust: unraveling the birth of solar systems -- A wobbly start: false starts and death star planets -- Planet bounty: hot Jupiters and other surprises -- Flickers and shadows: more ways to find planets -- Blurring boundaries: neither stars nor planets -- A picture's worth: images of distant worlds -- Alien earths: in search of wet, rocky habitats -- Signs of life: how will we find E.T.?
Summary Note	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.
Subject - Topical Term	Life on other planets
	Extrasolar planets
	Astronomy -- History
Subject - Geographic Name	Solar system