The search for life continued : planets around other stars /

At present we have evidence only of life on Earth. New instruments and techniques are being developed not only to detect exoplanetary systems but that are also capable of analyzing the environments on discovered exoplanets to tell us whether a plan is habitable, and even inhabited.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, Barrie William
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Chichester, UK : Springer ; Praxis Publishing, [2008]
Series:Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:At present we have evidence only of life on Earth. New instruments and techniques are being developed not only to detect exoplanetary systems but that are also capable of analyzing the environments on discovered exoplanets to tell us whether a plan is habitable, and even inhabited.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:xvi, 277 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-267) and index.
ISBN:038776559X
9780387765594
DOI:10.1007/978-0-387-76559-4