LIVING worlds are commonplace in the cosmos. So says , a key scientist working with the . It is hoped that the telescope will reveal the frequency of Earth-like planets in the universe when it launches this year.
recounts the exhilarating tale of the race to discover the first truly Earth-like exoplanet. As The Crowded Universe unfolds, it brings alive the thrills and disappointments of bleeding-edge science, the fierce competition between American and European planet-hunting teams and the politics of billion-dollar research. Along the way we learn the latest theories on how planets form and just how astronomers detect distant worlds too faint to see. Frustratingly, the book is written as a series of chronologically dated sections which often lack cohesion. As a result, it feels as if Boss has simply lent us notes from his diary.
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