Planet Quest

Planet Quest
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By:"Ken Croswell"
"Extrasolar planets"
Published on 1999-01-01 by Oxford University Press, USA

Ken Croswell tells the fascinating story of this discovery and the people who made it, then explores the possibility that one day we may have the technology to travel to different solar systems and find life. `an excellent guide to how far ...

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Are we alone? In 1995 planet hunters discovered the first alien solar system around a star like our own Sun. Ken Croswell tells the fascinating story of this discovery and the people who made it, then explores the possibility that one day we may have the technology to travel to different solar systems and find life. `an excellent guide to how far astronomy has come Fascinating and worthwhile' John Durant, New York Times `A thrilling account - stands out for its human interest and its accuracy' Sir John Maddox, editor emeritus, Nature `Excellent - I find it hard to see how anyone could have done a better job in bringing this exciting field to the general reader' Ian Morison, New Scientist `An exciting story well told - an interesting and comprehensive history of the search for planets both inside and outside our solar system.' Lawrence Krauss, author of The Physics of Star Trek

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