Worlds Beyond Our Own, 2015 The Search for Habitable Planets Astronomers' Universe Series
Auteur : Sengupta Sujan
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.
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
Date de parution : 11-2014
Ouvrage de 154 p.
15.5x23.5 cm
Disponible chez l'éditeur (délai d'approvisionnement : 15 jours).
Prix indicatif 31,64 €
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Mots-clés :
Astrobiology; Atmosphere and Climate of Solar Planets; Brown Dwarfs; Diamond Planets; Dwarf Planets; Earth-like Planets; Exoplanets; Extra-terrestrial Life; Extrasolar Planets; Life Outside Solar System; Life on other Planets; Solar System Planets; Sub-earth Planets; Super-earth Planets; Terrestrial Planets