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New Worlds in the Cosmos
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 52.00Account of the successful search for planets outside our Solar System. more...
Exoplanets
Springer 2011; US$ 23.99"Exoplanets: Finding, Exploring, and Understanding Alien Worlds" probes the basis for possible answers to the fundamentals questions asked about these planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. This book examines what such planets might be like, where they are, and how we find them. Until around ten years ago, the only planets that we knew... more...
The Earth as a Distant Planet
Springer 2010; US$ 109.99In The Earth as a Distant Planet, the authors become external observers of our solar system from a distance and try to determine how one can understand how Earth, the third in distance to the central star, is essentially unique and capable of sustaining life. The knowledge gained from this original perspective is then applied to the search for other... more...
Extrasolar Planets
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 28.00Broad introduction to extrasolar planets for graduate students and research astronomers. more...
Exoplanets
Springer 2008; US$ 149.99This edited, multi-author volume will be an invaluable introduction and reference to all key aspects in the field of exoplanet research. The reviews cover: Detection methods and properties of known exoplanets, Detection of extrasolar planets by gravitational microlensing. The formation and evolution of terrestrial planets in protoplanetary and debris... more...
Extrasolar Planets
Springer 2007; US$ 99.99Research on extrasolar planets is one of the exciting fields of activity in astrophysics, from early speculations on the existence of planets orbiting other stars to the first discoveries and characterization of extrasolar planets. This book talks about this breakthrough as the result of a growing interest of a large community of researchers. more...
A Decade of Extrasolar Planets around Normal Stars
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 34.00Edited volume providing an important resource on extrasolar planets, for professional researchers and graduate students. more...
Habitability and Cosmic Catastrophes
Springer 2008; US$ 109.99It is known today that the evolution of life on Earth was neither a steady progression nor uniform. There were several periods of mass extinction. These catastrophic events played a crucial role in the rise of new species. The author discusses whether and how such events could have occurred in the recently found extrasolar planetary systems. more...
Exoplanet Atmospheres
Princeton University Press 2010; US$ 52.50Over the past twenty years, astronomers have identified hundreds of extrasolar planets--planets orbiting stars other than the sun. Recent research in this burgeoning field has made it possible to observe and measure the atmospheres of these exoplanets. This is the first textbook to describe the basic physical processes--including radiative transfer,... more...
Planets in Binary Star Systems
Springer 2010; US$ 129.99The discovery of extrasolar planets over the past decade has had major impacts on our understanding of the formation and dynamical evolution of planetary systems. There are features and characteristics unseen in our solar system and unexplainable by the current theories of planet formation and dynamics. Among these new surprises is the discovery of... more...









