Exoplanets : finding, exploring, and understanding alien worlds

Kitchin, C. R. (Christopher R.) (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781461406433 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1461406447 (e-ISBN)
ISBN: 9781461406440 (e-ISBN)
ISBN: 1461406439 (pbk. alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xvi, 281 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Publisher: New York : Springer, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliography (p. 243-246) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Chapter 1: Because WE live on one!: Why planets and exoplanets are important -- Chapter 2: A quick tour of the exoplanet menagerie -- Chapter 3: An exoplanet retrospective -- Chapter 4: In the beginning: the first exoplanet discoveries -- Chapter 5: On the track of alien planets: The radial velocity or Doppler metho -- Chapter 6: On the track of alien planets: The transit method -- Chapter 7: On the track of alien planets: direct imaging and observation -- Chapter 8: On the track of alien planets: Gravitational microlensing -- Chapter 9: On the track of alien planets: Timing -- Chapter 10: On the track of alien planets: Other approaches -- Chapter 11: Where do we go from here?: Future approaches to exoplanet detection and study -- Chapter 12: Exoplanets revealed: what they are really like -- Chapter 13: Exoplanets and exoplanetary systems: Pasts and futures -- Chapter 14: Future homes for humankind? -- Appendix I: Nomenclature or What's in a name -- Appendix II: Note on distances, sizes, and masses, etc. -- Appendix III: Further reading -- Appendix IV: Technical background -- Appendix V: Names, Acronyms, and Abbreviations.