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Mirror Earth
Michael D. Lemonick
其他書名
The Search for Our Planet's Twin
出版
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
, 2012-10-16
主題
Science / Space Science / Astronomy
Science / Space Science / General
Science / Earth Sciences / General
ISBN
0802779026
9780802779021
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=gjSWGMFkN8gC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
In the mid-1990s, astronomers made history when they began to find planets orbiting stars in the Milky Way. More than eight hundred planets have been found since then, yet none of them is anything like Earth and none could support life.
Now, armed with more powerful technology, planet hunters are racing to find a true twin of Earth. Science writer Michael Lemonick has unique access to these exoplaneteers, as they call themselves, and
Mirror Earth
unveils their passionate quest. Unlike competitors in other races, Geoff Marcy, Bill Borucki, David Charbonneau, Sara Seager, and others actually consult and cooperate with one another. But only one will be the first to find Earth's twin.
Mirror Earth
tells the story of their competition.