Distant wanderers : the search for planets beyond the solar system / Bruce Dorminey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dorminey, Bruce.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Extrasolar planets.

Physical Description:

xiv, 226 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Copernicus, [2002]

Summary:

Recent discoveries of planet-like objects circling other sun-like stars have stirred enormous interest in what other planets may exist in the universe, and whether they support intelligent life, or at least could do so. This book will take us into the thick of this search for extrasolar planets. Unlike other books, it will focus on the people behind the searches--many of whom the author knows--and the extraordinary technology that is on the drawing boards and currently in use to detect distant wanderers and describe their characteristics, thus bringing us to the cutting edge of knowledge of the subject. The author is an experienced, award-winning science journalist who was technology correspondent for the Financial Times of London and is now working as a journalist in France. He has written on many topics in astronomy and astrobiology, and has had pieces published in over 35 different newspapers and magazines worldwide.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-213) and index.

ISBN:

0387950745

OCLC:

47666987