Overview
- Presents the essential conditions required for the formation and evolution of life and on which planets these may be met
- Provides an understanding of how rare the solar system, planet Earth and all life on it actually are
- Teaches you about the different planets, stars and brown dwarfs
- Entertaining and at the same time informative and thought provocative for curious minds
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Astronomers' Universe (ASTRONOM)
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About this book
This is also a book on stars. The first and second generation of stars in the Universe. But in particular also on the link between planets and stars – brown dwarfs. Their atmospheric properties and similarities with giant exoplanets.
All these fascinating questions will be answered in a non-technical manner. But those of you who want to know a bit more may look up the relevant mathematical relationships in appendices.
Reviews
“Readers certainly have a generous collection of recent books on habitable planets from which to choose. … Sengupta (Indian Institute of Astrophysics) does a commendable job of surveying the current state of knowledge. … Summing Up: Recommended. All academic, general, and professional library collections.” (K. L. Schick, Choice, Vol. 52 (10), June, 2015)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Worlds Beyond Our Own
Book Subtitle: The Search for Habitable Planets
Authors: Sujan Sengupta
Series Title: Astronomers' Universe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09894-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-09893-7Published: 07 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-09894-4Published: 28 October 2014
Series ISSN: 1614-659X
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6651
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 154
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Astronomy, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Planetology