The Earth as a distant planet : a rosetta stone for the search of earth-like worlds

Is the Earth, in some way, special? Or is our planet but one of the millions of other inhabited planets within our galaxy? This is an exciting time to be asking this old question, because for the first time in history, the answer is within reach. In The Earth as a Distant Planet, the authors set the...

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Autores principales: Vázquez, M., Pallé, E. (Autor), Montañés Rodríguez, P. (Autor)
Formato: Livre numérique
Lenguaje:Anglais
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Colección:Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
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Edition sous un autre format:• The Earth as a Distant Planet, Texte imprimé, 9781441917003
• The Earth as a Distant Planet, Texte imprimé, 9781493950607
• The Earth as a distant planet, a Rosetta Stone for the search of Earth-like worlds, M. Vázquez, E. Pallé, P. Montañés Rodríguez, New York, Springer, 2010, 1 vol. (XV-422 p.), Astronomy and astrophysics library, 978-1-441-91683-9
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Observing the Earth
  • The Earth in Time
  • The Pale Blue Dot
  • The Outer Layers of the Earth
  • Biosignatures and the Search for Life on Earth
  • Detecting Extrasolar Earth-like Planets
  • The Worlds Out There
  • Extrasolar Planetary Systems
  • Is Our Environment Special?.