Worlds Unnumbered: the Search for Extrasolar Planets

Goldsmith, Donald

ISBN 10: 0935702970 / ISBN 13: 9780935702972

Published by University Science Books, Sausalito, 1997

About this Item

237pp, 24pp color plates,glossary, index. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. In this book readers are provided with key insights into the question that has fascinated humanity for millennia: Are we alone in the cosmos? And, if not, how far must we look to find our closest neighbor?' Size: 8vo.

Seller Inventory # 027443

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Worlds Unnumbered: the Search for Extrasolar Planets
• Publisher: University Science Books, Sausalito
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0935702970
• ISBN 13: 9780935702972
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Illustrator: Lomberg, Jon
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

The latest information from the results of ongoing searches for planets around other stars is presented and explored in this book. Why can we not see them, even though astronomers are convinced of their existence? How conclusions are drawn about them and their make-up is explained.