The Cosmic Keyhole

by Gater, Will

• ISBN13: 9781441905123
• ISBN10: 144190512X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

It is 400 years since Galileo first turned the newly invented telescope towards the heavens and saw things that few had ever seen before. His discoveries, along with those of his contemporaries, completely changed our view of the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xvii
Water and the Search for Life in our Solar System
The Hardiest Microbes on Earth	p. 3
The Hunt for Life Begins	p. 13
Where Does Water Flow?	p. 27
Our Active Solar System
Cassini and Its Saturnian Adventure	p. 51
The Hidden Wanderers and a Cometary Meeting	p. 77
Worlds Around Other Stars
Planetary Nurseries and Dusty Discs	p. 99
The Discovery of Extrasolar Planets	p. 115
The Universe at Large
The Universe on a Grand Scale	p. 137
The Era of Hubble - From Disaster to Deep Field	p. 155
Star Life in Starlight	p. 171
Exotic Space	p. 187
Afterword	p. 213
Glossary	p. 219
Websites to Watch	p. 229
Index	p. 235
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