
Distant Wanderers
The Search for Planets Beyond the Solar System
Résumé
In a refreshing and approachable style that will appeal to the non-specialist, veteran science journalist Bruce Dorminey explains what has already been found and what is likely to be found as astronomers gaze further and more clearly into space. The early returns, he reports, are amazing: planets come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. They are searingly hot and and mind-bogglingly cold. Some have nearly circular stable orbits, others follow wildly elliptical paths. And some recently discovered planets seem to have no orbits at all, but wander star-less.
In interviews with dozens of cutting-edge astronomers, exobiologists, and other scientists, Dorminey shows us how planets outside our Solar System are a great new frontier -- the source of unimaginable and totally unexpected new information about the cosmos.
Contents
- Preface
- Cauldrons of credation
- The dust of creation
- Spectroscopic nights
- Planetary hype
- The thrill of the hunt
- The lithium test
- Expanding the search
- Planetary demarcations
- In pursuit of the perfect image
- The ancient art of astrometry
- Interferometrfic beginnings
- Working on the fringe
- Power telescopes
- The scope of things to come
- Signature of life
- Signal of life
- Epilogue
- Abridged bibliography
- Index
L'auteur - Bruce Dorminey
Paris-based journalist Bruce Dorminey writes about
astronomy and astrophysics. He is a former Hong Kong bureau
chief for Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine and
a former regular science and technology contributor for the
daily pages of the Financial Times, London. Dorminey has
written for numerous magazines and newspapers, including
Astronomy, Discover, Geographical, Canada's Globe &
Mail, The International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe,
The Toronto Star, and The Dallas Morning News. He was also
a 1998 winner in the Royal Aeronautical Society's Aerospace
Journalist of the Year Awards. This is his first
book.
Caractéristiques techniques
PAPIER | |
Éditeur(s) | Copernicus Books |
Auteur(s) | Bruce Dorminey |
Parution | 27/02/2002 |
Nb. de pages | 226 |
Format | 16 x 24 |
Couverture | Relié |
Poids | 656g |
Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
EAN13 | 9780387950747 |
ISBN13 | 978-0-387-95074-7 |
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