A Universe of Earths : Our Planet and Other Worlds, from Copernicus to NASA.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Danielson, Dennis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Planets.

Cosmology.

Earth (Planet).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.

Summary:

A Universe of Earths retraces the exhilarating story of how we came to imagine the Earth as a "wandering star", a vision of our place in the world which has ignited humans' ongoing passion for space travel, extraterrestrials, and other worlds.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication page

Contents

List of illustrations

Preface

Note on text and usage

1 Prologue: Discerning the Cosmos

2 Copernicus's Giant Leap

3 "Little Dark Star

4 Galileo: "Dance of the Stars

5 "Nest of Angels": Early Modern Extraterrestrials

6 Star Amid the Darkness

7 The Great Copernican Cliche

8 The Case Against Copernicus

9 Dethroning the Sun

10 "Reasoning by Analogy": Earths, Suns, Galaxies

11 The Problem of Life

12 Cold, Dark Night in a Universe of Galaxies

13 "Variety Enormously Greater than Had Been Supposed

14 Junctions on the Road to Star Wars

15 Searching for Intelligent Extraterrestrials

16 "An Awful Waste of Space

17 "Inevitably Privileged to Some Extent

18 A Precious Planet Earth

Works Cited

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-780354-7

0-19-780352-0

0-19-780353-9

9780197803523

OCLC:

1547479764