The Crowded Universe: The Race to Find Life Beyond Earth

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Overview

Humankind is at a turning point in our quest for extraterrestrial life-we now have the capacity to detect Earth-like planets around other stars. In The Crowded Universe, renowned astronomer Alan Boss argues that in the coming years we will find abundant Earths, including many that are indisputably alive. Life is not only possible elsewhere in the universe, he argues-it is common.

Boss describes radical new ideas about planetary formation and reveals discoveries of bizarre inhabitants of various solar systems. America must stay in this new space race, he contends, or risk being left out of one of the most profoundly important discoveries of all time: the first confirmed finding of alien life. A riveting account of modern science's most spectacular story, The Crowded Universe finally answers the age-old question: are we alone?

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780465020393
  • Publisher: Basic Books
  • Publication date: 12/28/2010
  • Edition description: First Trade Paper Edition
  • Pages: 256
  • Sales rank: 833,694
  • Product dimensions: 9.44 (w) x 11.34 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Meet the Author

Alan Boss is a research scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and a member of its Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. One of the world’s leading authorities on the formation of stars and planets, he is the author of over 400 scientific publications. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Table of Contents

Prologue: A New Space Race 1

Chapter 1 The Struggle to Find New Worlds 3

Chapter 2 Eccentric Planets 23

Chapter 3 Kiss My Lips, Tootsie 43

Chapter 4 The Mars Gold Rush 73

Chapter 5 Instability: If I Did It, Here's How it Happened 85

Chapter 6 The Battle of Prague 113

Chapter 7 The Comedy Central Approach 131

Chapter 8 Transits Gone Wild 151

Chapter 9 300 Solar Systems and Counting 171

Epilogue: Why Don't You Ever Call? 205

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 211

Index 213

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