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Item specifics
- Condition
- EAN
- 9781472917744
- UPC
- 9781472917744
- ISBN
- 9781472917744
- MPN
- N/A
- Item Length
- 19.8 cm
- Publication Name
- N/A
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- The Planet Factory: Exoplanets and the Search for a Second Earth
- Item Height
- 198mm
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Topic
- Engineering & Technology, Science, Astronomy, Physics
- Item Width
- 129mm
- Item Weight
- 244g
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Twenty years ago, the search for planets outside the Solar System was a job restricted to science-fiction writers. Now it's one of the fastest-growing fields in astronomy with thousands of exoplanets discovered to date, and the number is rising fast. These new-found worlds are more alien than anything in fiction. Planets larger than Jupiter with years lasting a week; others with two suns lighting their skies, or with no sun at all. Planets with diamond mantles supporting oceans of tar; possible Earth-sized worlds with split hemispheres of perpetual day and night; waterworlds drowning under global oceans and volcanic lava planets awash with seas of magma. The discovery of this diversity is just the beginning. There is a whole galaxy of possibilities. The Planet Factory tells the story of these exoplanets. Each planetary system is different, but in the beginning most if not all young stars are circled by clouds of dust, specks that come together in a violent building project that can form colossal worlds hundreds of times the size of the Earth. The changing orbits of young planets risk dooming any life evolving on neighbouring worlds or, alternatively, can deliver the key ingredients needed to seed its beginnings. Planet formation is one of the greatest construction schemes in the Universe, and it occurred around nearly every star you see. Each results in an alien landscape, but is it possible that one of these could be like our own home world?
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
9781472917744
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28046369762
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Planet Factory: Exoplanets and the Search for a Second Earth
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Engineering & Technology, Science, Astronomy, Physics
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
198mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
244g
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United Kingdom
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- v***v (20)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI bought it for my mum's birthday and she loves it. It has good information and images explaining things in excellent detail. It arrived well packaged and in new condition as advertised. Simplybestprices was the cheapest I found on the internet, so I went with them. The only negative was with the shipping, not the product. I ordered in Dec 2024 and it took many weeks before getting shipping details and then the delivery date kept changing and moving later. It eventuallly arrived early Feb.Landscape in Ink and Coloured Pencil by Hanson, Helen [Paperback] (#186378092996)
- d***0 (145)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseCannot thank you enough for the fast delivery of my book!! The book was exactly as described!! Well packaged to protect it during shipping…always appreciated!! Fantastic value in the pricing too. I HIGHLY recommend this professional eBay seller Simplybestprices!! Thank you for a hassle free transaction. A+++++++++++
- m***_ (638)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem as described. Good communication and packaging. Delivery time was slow and tracking notes cryptic until it reached Australia but this was out of hands of seller. Recommended seller.E-Boat vs MTB: The English Channel 1941–45 (Duel) by Gordon Williamson (#387066269079)