Bibliograph

Worlds without end, exoplanets, habitability, and the future of humanity, Chris Impey

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Worlds without end, exoplanets, habitability, and the future of humanity, Chris Impey

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Worlds without end

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1335764485

Responsibility statement

Chris Impey

Sub title

exoplanets, habitability, and the future of humanity

Summary

"WORLDS WITHOUT END: EXOPLANETS, HABITABILITY, AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY will present the scientific missions exploring exoplanets through the lens of habitability and our survival in the universe"--, Provided by publisherPlanet Earth may not be the best of all possible worlds-- and lately humanity has been carelessly depleting resources, decimating species, and degrading everything needed for life. Could space be our salvation? Impey explores the definition of habitability, and the changing shape of space exploration as it expands beyond the interests of government to the pursuits of private industry. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Prologue: The best of all possible worlds -- Searching for distant worlds. The visionaries ; Doppler wobble ; Chasing shadows ; Seeing is believing ; Calling Pandora ; The next wave ; Milky Way census -- Habitability and the exoplanet zoo. Gas giants ; Ice giants ; Water worlds ; Earth clones ; Exomoons ; Rogue planets -- The search for life beyond Earth. The solar system ; Sniffing biosignatures ; Send in the nanobots ; ET phone home ; Energy footprints ; The Drake equation ; Fermi's question -- The promise of space exploration. Habitable Earth ; Space boom ; How to get to space ; Going to the moon and Mars ; Mining asteroids ; Living beyond Earth -- Epilogue: Scenes from the future

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Exoplanets, habitability, and the future of humanity

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