Strange New Worlds Unknown - 2011

HarperCollins Publishers, 2012-02-21. Paperback. Used: Good.

HarperCollins Publishers, 2012. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. We are living in an extraordinary age of discovery. After millennia of musings and a century of false claims, our knowledge of other worlds has suddenly exploded. Since 1995, astronomers have found hundreds of planets orbiting other stars discoveries that have surprised us and challenged our views many times over. At the crux of the astronomers' pursuit is one basic question: Is our solar system, with planets in circular orbits, gas giants in the outer realm and at least one warm, wet, rocky world teeming with life, the exception or the norm? It's an important and timely question for every one of us. Astronomers expect to find alien earths by the dozens within the next few years and to examine them for telltale signs of life before this decade is out. If they succeed, the ramifications for all areas of human thought and endeavor —from religion and philosophy to art and… Leer más

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