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Planets Outside the Solar System
. Ed(S): Mariotti, Jean-Marie; Alloin, Danielle M.
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Description for Planets Outside the Solar System
Paperback. The observation and understanding of extra-solar planetary systems has become a topic that poses challenges to many fields of human knowledge. This book sets out a synthesis of the advances. It intends to help young students, researchers, engineers involved or about to become involved in quest for extra-solar planets. Editor(s): Mariotti, Jean-Marie; Alloin, Danielle M. Series: NATO Science Series C. Num Pages: 446 pages, index. BIC Classification: PGS; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 688.
The question of the existence of other worlds and other living beings has been present in the human quest for knowledge since as far as Epicurus. For centuries this question belonged to the fields of philosophy and theology. The theoretical problem of the formation of the Solar System, and hence of other planetary systems, was tackled only during the 18th century, while the first observational attempts for a detection started less than one hundred years ago. Direct observation of an extra-solar planetary system is an extraordinarily difficult problem: extra-solar planets are at huge distances, are incredibly faint and are overwhelmed ... Read more
The question of the existence of other worlds and other living beings has been present in the human quest for knowledge since as far as Epicurus. For centuries this question belonged to the fields of philosophy and theology. The theoretical problem of the formation of the Solar System, and hence of other planetary systems, was tackled only during the 18th century, while the first observational attempts for a detection started less than one hundred years ago. Direct observation of an extra-solar planetary system is an extraordinarily difficult problem: extra-solar planets are at huge distances, are incredibly faint and are overwhelmed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
446
Condition
New
Series
NATO Science Series C
Number of Pages
421
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792357094
SKU
V9780792357094
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99-15
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