{"product_id":"9781461406433","title":"Astronomers' Universe: Finding, Exploring, and Understanding Alien Worlds","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAstronomers' Universe: Finding, Exploring, and Understanding Alien Worlds\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eKitchin, C. R.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eExoplanets: Finding, Exploring, and Understanding Alien Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e probes the basis for possible answers to the fundamentals questions asked about these planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. This book examines what such planets might be like, where they are, and how we find them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil around ten years ago, the only planets that we knew about were within the Solar System. The first genuine planet beyond the confines of the Solar System was discovered only 1988. Since then another 350 or so exoplanets have been detected by various methods, and most of these haven been found in the last ten years. Although many more exoplanets discoveries may be expected to occur even as this book is being read, a large enough data set is now available to form the basis for an informed general account of exoplanets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe topic hence is an extremely \"hot\" one - all the more so because the recently launched \u003ci\u003eKepler\u003c\/i\u003e spacecraft should soon start uncovering many more exoplanets, some perhaps comparable with the Earth (and therefore possibly alternative homes for mankind, if we could ever reach them). \u003ci\u003eExoplanets: Finding, Exploring, and Understanding Alien Life\u003c\/i\u003e gives a comprehensive, balances, and above all accurate account of exoplanets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2011-11-01\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781461406433\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4614-0644-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 281\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer New York","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46917261131916,"sku":"9781461406433","price":29.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781461406433.jpg?v=1774498128","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781461406433","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}