Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The quest begins
- 2 Infinity and beyond
- 3 New arrivals in the Solar System
- 4 Why stars wobble
- 5 Neutron planets
- 6 Brown dwarfs in the headlines
- 7 Sirens in the Cosmos
- 8 Foreign planets different to our home-grown ones
- 9 Destination: earths!
- 10 Further yet: life
- Appendix. Properties of the exoplanets
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Plate section
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The quest begins
- 2 Infinity and beyond
- 3 New arrivals in the Solar System
- 4 Why stars wobble
- 5 Neutron planets
- 6 Brown dwarfs in the headlines
- 7 Sirens in the Cosmos
- 8 Foreign planets different to our home-grown ones
- 9 Destination: earths!
- 10 Further yet: life
- Appendix. Properties of the exoplanets
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Plate section
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- New Worlds in the CosmosThe Discovery of Exoplanets, pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003