The Little Book of Exoplanets:
A concise and accessible introduction to exoplanets that explains the cutting-edge science behind recent discoveriesFor centuries, people have speculated about the possibility of planets orbiting distant stars, but only since the 1990s has technology allowed astronomers to detect them. At this point...
Gespeichert in:
| 1. Verfasser: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Princeton, NJ
Princeton University Press
[2023]
|
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
| Zusammenfassung: | A concise and accessible introduction to exoplanets that explains the cutting-edge science behind recent discoveriesFor centuries, people have speculated about the possibility of planets orbiting distant stars, but only since the 1990s has technology allowed astronomers to detect them. At this point, more than five thousand such exoplanets have been identified, with the pace of discovery accelerating after the launch of NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey and the Webb Space Telescope. In The Little Book of Exoplanets, Princeton astrophysicist Joshua Winn offers a brief and engaging introduction to the search for exoplanets and the cutting-edge science behind recent findings. In doing so, he chronicles the dawn of a new age of discovery-one that has rapidly transformed astronomy and our broader understanding of the universe.Scientists now know that many Sun-like stars host their own systems of planets, some of which may resemble our solar system and include planets similar to the Earth. But, Winn tells us, the most remarkable discoveries so far have been of planets with unexpected and decidedly un-Earth-like properties, which have upended what we thought we knew about the origins of planetary systems. Winn provides an inside view of the sophisticated detective work astronomers perform as they find and study exoplanets and describes the surprising-sometimes downright bizarre-planets and systems they have found. He explains how these discoveries are revolutionizing astronomy, and he explores the current status and possible future of the search for another Earth. Finally, drawing on his own and other scientists' work, he considers how the discovery of exoplanets and their faraway solar systems changes our perspectives on the universe and our place in it |
| Beschreibung: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Aug 2023) |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (304 pages) 16 page color insert. 37 b/w illus |
| ISBN: | 9780691221175 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9780691221175 |
Internformat
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000zc 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV049468351 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 007 | cr|uuu---uuuuu | ||
| 008 | 231215s2023 xx a||| o|||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9780691221175 |9 978-0-691-22117-5 | ||
| 024 | 7 | |a 10.1515/9780691221175 |2 doi | |
| 035 | |a (ZDB-23-DGG)9780691221175 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)1414558799 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV049468351 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rda | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 082 | 0 | |a 523.2/4 |2 23//eng20230317eng | |
| 100 | 1 | |a Winn, Joshua N. |e Verfasser |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a The Little Book of Exoplanets |c Joshua N. Winn |
| 264 | 1 | |a Princeton, NJ |b Princeton University Press |c [2023] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c © 2023 | |
| 300 | |a 1 Online-Ressource (304 pages) |b 16 page color insert. 37 b/w illus | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 500 | |a Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Aug 2023) | ||
| 520 | |a A concise and accessible introduction to exoplanets that explains the cutting-edge science behind recent discoveriesFor centuries, people have speculated about the possibility of planets orbiting distant stars, but only since the 1990s has technology allowed astronomers to detect them. At this point, more than five thousand such exoplanets have been identified, with the pace of discovery accelerating after the launch of NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey and the Webb Space Telescope. In The Little Book of Exoplanets, Princeton astrophysicist Joshua Winn offers a brief and engaging introduction to the search for exoplanets and the cutting-edge science behind recent findings. In doing so, he chronicles the dawn of a new age of discovery-one that has rapidly transformed astronomy and our broader understanding of the universe.Scientists now know that many Sun-like stars host their own systems of planets, some of which may resemble our solar system and include planets similar to the Earth. But, Winn tells us, the most remarkable discoveries so far have been of planets with unexpected and decidedly un-Earth-like properties, which have upended what we thought we knew about the origins of planetary systems. Winn provides an inside view of the sophisticated detective work astronomers perform as they find and study exoplanets and describes the surprising-sometimes downright bizarre-planets and systems they have found. He explains how these discoveries are revolutionizing astronomy, and he explores the current status and possible future of the search for another Earth. Finally, drawing on his own and other scientists' work, he considers how the discovery of exoplanets and their faraway solar systems changes our perspectives on the universe and our place in it | ||
| 546 | |a In English | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Extrasolar planets | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691221175?locatt=mode:legacy |x Verlag |z URL des Erstveröffentlichers |3 Volltext |
| 912 | |a ZDB-23-DGG | ||
| 943 | 1 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-034813980 | |
Datensatz im Suchindex
| _version_ | 1824508231222820864 |
|---|---|
| adam_text | |
| adam_txt | |
| any_adam_object | |
| any_adam_object_boolean | |
| author | Winn, Joshua N. |
| author_facet | Winn, Joshua N. |
| author_role | aut |
| author_sort | Winn, Joshua N. |
| author_variant | j n w jn jnw |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV049468351 |
| collection | ZDB-23-DGG |
| ctrlnum | (ZDB-23-DGG)9780691221175 (OCoLC)1414558799 (DE-599)BVBBV049468351 |
| dewey-full | 523.2/4 |
| dewey-hundreds | 500 - Natural sciences and mathematics |
| dewey-ones | 523 - Specific celestial bodies and phenomena |
| dewey-raw | 523.2/4 |
| dewey-search | 523.2/4 |
| dewey-sort | 3523.2 14 |
| dewey-tens | 520 - Astronomy and allied sciences |
| discipline | Physik |
| discipline_str_mv | Physik |
| doi_str_mv | 10.1515/9780691221175 |
| format | Electronic eBook |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>00000nam a2200000zc 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV049468351</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr|uuu---uuuuu</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">231215s2023 xx a||| o|||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780691221175</subfield><subfield code="9">978-0-691-22117-5</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.1515/9780691221175</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(ZDB-23-DGG)9780691221175</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)1414558799</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV049468351</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">523.2/4</subfield><subfield code="2">23//eng20230317eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Winn, Joshua N.</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">The Little Book of Exoplanets</subfield><subfield code="c">Joshua N. Winn</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Princeton, NJ</subfield><subfield code="b">Princeton University Press</subfield><subfield code="c">[2023]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">© 2023</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 Online-Ressource (304 pages)</subfield><subfield code="b">16 page color insert. 37 b/w illus</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="500" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Aug 2023)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">A concise and accessible introduction to exoplanets that explains the cutting-edge science behind recent discoveriesFor centuries, people have speculated about the possibility of planets orbiting distant stars, but only since the 1990s has technology allowed astronomers to detect them. At this point, more than five thousand such exoplanets have been identified, with the pace of discovery accelerating after the launch of NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey and the Webb Space Telescope. In The Little Book of Exoplanets, Princeton astrophysicist Joshua Winn offers a brief and engaging introduction to the search for exoplanets and the cutting-edge science behind recent findings. In doing so, he chronicles the dawn of a new age of discovery-one that has rapidly transformed astronomy and our broader understanding of the universe.Scientists now know that many Sun-like stars host their own systems of planets, some of which may resemble our solar system and include planets similar to the Earth. But, Winn tells us, the most remarkable discoveries so far have been of planets with unexpected and decidedly un-Earth-like properties, which have upended what we thought we knew about the origins of planetary systems. Winn provides an inside view of the sophisticated detective work astronomers perform as they find and study exoplanets and describes the surprising-sometimes downright bizarre-planets and systems they have found. He explains how these discoveries are revolutionizing astronomy, and he explores the current status and possible future of the search for another Earth. Finally, drawing on his own and other scientists' work, he considers how the discovery of exoplanets and their faraway solar systems changes our perspectives on the universe and our place in it</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In English</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Extrasolar planets</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691221175?locatt=mode:legacy</subfield><subfield code="x">Verlag</subfield><subfield code="z">URL des Erstveröffentlichers</subfield><subfield code="3">Volltext</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">ZDB-23-DGG</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="943" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-034813980</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| id | DE-604.BV049468351 |
| illustrated | Illustrated |
| index_date | 2024-07-03T23:16:15Z |
| indexdate | 2025-02-19T17:37:20Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 9780691221175 |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-034813980 |
| oclc_num | 1414558799 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-Aug4 |
| owner_facet | DE-Aug4 |
| physical | 1 Online-Ressource (304 pages) 16 page color insert. 37 b/w illus |
| psigel | ZDB-23-DGG |
| publishDate | 2023 |
| publishDateSearch | 2023 |
| publishDateSort | 2023 |
| publisher | Princeton University Press |
| record_format | marc |
| spelling | Winn, Joshua N. Verfasser aut The Little Book of Exoplanets Joshua N. Winn Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press [2023] © 2023 1 Online-Ressource (304 pages) 16 page color insert. 37 b/w illus txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Aug 2023) A concise and accessible introduction to exoplanets that explains the cutting-edge science behind recent discoveriesFor centuries, people have speculated about the possibility of planets orbiting distant stars, but only since the 1990s has technology allowed astronomers to detect them. At this point, more than five thousand such exoplanets have been identified, with the pace of discovery accelerating after the launch of NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey and the Webb Space Telescope. In The Little Book of Exoplanets, Princeton astrophysicist Joshua Winn offers a brief and engaging introduction to the search for exoplanets and the cutting-edge science behind recent findings. In doing so, he chronicles the dawn of a new age of discovery-one that has rapidly transformed astronomy and our broader understanding of the universe.Scientists now know that many Sun-like stars host their own systems of planets, some of which may resemble our solar system and include planets similar to the Earth. But, Winn tells us, the most remarkable discoveries so far have been of planets with unexpected and decidedly un-Earth-like properties, which have upended what we thought we knew about the origins of planetary systems. Winn provides an inside view of the sophisticated detective work astronomers perform as they find and study exoplanets and describes the surprising-sometimes downright bizarre-planets and systems they have found. He explains how these discoveries are revolutionizing astronomy, and he explores the current status and possible future of the search for another Earth. Finally, drawing on his own and other scientists' work, he considers how the discovery of exoplanets and their faraway solar systems changes our perspectives on the universe and our place in it In English SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics bisacsh Extrasolar planets https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691221175?locatt=mode:legacy Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Winn, Joshua N. The Little Book of Exoplanets SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics bisacsh Extrasolar planets |
| title | The Little Book of Exoplanets |
| title_auth | The Little Book of Exoplanets |
| title_exact_search | The Little Book of Exoplanets |
| title_exact_search_txtP | The Little Book of Exoplanets |
| title_full | The Little Book of Exoplanets Joshua N. Winn |
| title_fullStr | The Little Book of Exoplanets Joshua N. Winn |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Little Book of Exoplanets Joshua N. Winn |
| title_short | The Little Book of Exoplanets |
| title_sort | the little book of exoplanets |
| topic | SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics bisacsh Extrasolar planets |
| topic_facet | SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics Extrasolar planets |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691221175?locatt=mode:legacy |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT winnjoshuan thelittlebookofexoplanets |