Earths of distant suns : how we find them, communicate with them, and maybe even travel there /: how we find them, communicate with them, and maybe even travel there. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael Carroll.
• Authors: Carroll, Michael
• Contents: Chapter One: A Place Like Home -- Chapter Two: Early Ideas and Lessons from Our Own Backyard -- Chapter Three: The Search for and Discovery of Exoplanets -- Chapter Four: Strange Solar System Architectures -- Chapter Five: Zeroing in on Earth 2.0 -- Chapter Six: Looking for Life in All the Right Places -- Chapter Seven: Could We Make Contact? -- Chapter Eight: Could We Visit Earths of Distant Suns? -- Chapter Nine: First Contact: What Will It Mean? -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Copernicus Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 576.839; Habitable planets; Exobiology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; SCIENCE -- Astronomy; Exobiology; Habitable planets; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319439648; 3319439642
• Related ISBNs: 9783319439631; 3319439634
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 8, 2016).
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