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Worlds without end : exoplanets, habitability, and the future of humanity / Chris Impey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Impey, Chris, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Extrasolar planets.
- Habitable planets.
- Outer space--Exploration.
- Outer space.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (348 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "WORLDS WITHOUT END: EXOPLANETS, HABITABILITY, AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY will present the scientific missions exploring exoplanets through the lens of habitability and our survival in the universe"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Prologue: The Best of All Possible Worlds
- I: Searching for Distant Worlds
- 1. The Visionaries
- 2. Doppler Wobble
- 3. Chasing Shadows
- 4. Seeing Is Believing
- 5. Calling Pandora
- 6. The Next Wave
- 7. Milky Way Census
- II: Habitability and the Exoplanet Zoo
- 8. Gas Giants
- 9. Ice Giants
- 10. Water Worlds
- 11. Earth Clones
- 12. Exomoons
- 13. Rogue Planets
- III: The Search for Life beyond Earth
- 14. The Solar System
- 15. Sniffing Biosignatures
- 16. Send in the Nanobots
- 17. E.T. Phone Home
- 18. Energy Footprints
- 19. The Drake Equation
- 20. The Fermi Question
- IV: The Promise of Space Exploration
- 21. Habitable Earth
- 22. Space Boom
- 23. How to Get to Space
- 24. Going to the Moon and Mars
- 25. Mining Asteroids
- 26. Living beyond Earth
- Epilogue: Scenes from the Future
- Acknowledgments
- Index.
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-37308-4
- 0-262-37307-6
- OCLC:
- 1335764892
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