https://bib.cozmix.cloud/files/original/f89de401e60af13a6a3a6bdde6f965fb.jpg cc33b58830e6b50fbbb55f7f5273cdec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Leven Boek Een boek. ISBN International Standard Book Number 935702970 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LEV0180 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Donald Goldsmith , Jon Lomberg Title A name given to the resource Worlds Unnumbered: The Search for Extrasolar Planets Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University Science Books Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February, 1997 Description An account of the resource <div class="productDescriptionWrapper"> Only a few years ago, astronomers were uncertain whether planets might orbit stars other than the sun. In the past few years, though, the experimental data has practically rushed in. In <em>Worlds Unnumbered,</em> Donald Goldsmith explains exactly how astronomers reached their conclusions, what their findings imply for the model that predicts formation of our own solar system, and whether the new findings give us any further data on the probability that life exists elsewhere in the universe (or its preponderance if it does). Goldsmith succeeds not only in describing the search for extrasolar planets, but also in conveying a feel for all the factors that contribute to the enormously complex, yet clock-like, motions of the bodies in the universe.</div> <div class="productDescriptionWrapper"> In this golden age of astronomy, new discoveries have proliferated in the past year: life on Mars, an ocean on Europa, and planets around other stars. On the heels of Goldsmith's <em>The Hunt for Life on Mars</em> comes this exciting account of the new planets. Because they cannot be seen, sophisticated methods are being utilized to study these planets, methods that Goldsmith cogently explains in terms of the instruments and reasoning used to claim a new discovery. The burning curiosity, of course, is whether the newcomers could support life: the answer is no; most are gigantic and too close to their stars, and an earth-size planet found orbiting a pulsar would obviously be a crispy critter. Such facts surprised astronomers, upsetting their favored theory of planet formation, possible revisions of which Goldsmith reports with the enthusiasm and clarity essential to popular works. Two dozen colorplates, some imagining the appearance of the new planets, gussy up a wonderful science acquisition for libraries</div> Language A language of the resource nothing Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Hardcover