Worlds Without End: Exoplanets, Habitability, and the Future of Humanity

ISBN-13: 9780262047661 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 304 str.

Chris Impey

Recenzje

A provocative and expansive introduction to the exciting new field of exoplanet science.
Kirkus Reviews

The electrifying account of planetary exploration in Worlds Without End is as enthralling as the best science fiction. Amazing in its scope and authority, this entertaining science book will appeal to anyone who has gazed into the night sky to imagine life beyond Earth . . . Combining the latest science with cultural references ranging from Shakespeare to the movie Avatar, Worlds Without End will captivate readers who dream of life in galaxies far, far away.  
Foreword Reviews

Spis treści

Prologue: The Best of All Possible Worlds 1
I Searching for Distant Worlds 5
1 The Visionaries 7
2 Doppler Wobble 17
3 Chasing Shadows 27
4 Seeing Is Believing 37
5 Calling Pandora 47
6 The Next Wave 57
7 Milky Way Census 67
II Habitability and the Exoplanet Zoo 77
8 Gas Giants 79
9 Ice Giants 87
10 Water Worlds 95
11 Earth Clones 107
12 Exomoons 117
13 Rogue Planets 127
III The Search for Life beyond Earth 137
14 The Solar System 139
15 Sniffing Biosignatures 151
16 Send in the Nanobots 163
17 E.T. Phone Home 173
18 Energy Footprints 183
19 The Drake Equation 193
20 The Fermi Question 203
IV The Promise of Space Exploration 213
21 Habitable Earth 215
22 Space Boom 227
23 How to Get to Space 237
24 Going to the Moon and Marc 249
25 Mining Asteroids 261
26 Living beyond Earth 271
Epilogue: Scenes from the Future 283
Acknowledgments 289
Notes 291
Index 347

O autorze

Chris Impey, a University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy at the University of Arizona, has won numerous teaching awards and authored textbooks and nine popular science books, including Beyond: The Future of Space Travel and Einstein s Monsters: The Life and Times of Black Holes.