Mirror Earth : the search for our planet's twin
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New York : Bloomsbury, [2012].
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x, 294 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury, [2012].
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Book
Language
English
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General Note
Originally published: New York: Walker & Company, 2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-286) and index.
Description
In the mid-1990s, astronomers made history when they detected three planets orbiting stars in the Milky Way. The planets were nothing like Earth, however: They were giant gas balls like Jupiter or Saturn. More than five hundred planets have been found since then, yet none of them could support life. Now, armed with more powerful technology, planet hunters are racing to find a true twin of Earth. Science writer Michael D. Lemonick has unique access to these exoplaneteers, as they call themselves, and Mirror Earth unveils their passionate quest. Geoff Marcy, at the University of California, Berkeley, is the world's most successful planet hunter, having found two of the first three extra-solar planets. Bill Borucki, at the NASA Ames Research Center, struggled for more than a decade to launch the Kepler mission--the only planet finder, human or machine, to beat Marcy's record. David Charbonneau, at Harvard, realized that Earths would be much easier to find if he looked at tiny stars called M-dwarfs rather than stars like the Sun--and that he could use backyard telescopes to find them! Unlike those in other races, the competing scientists actually consult and cooperate with one another. But only one will be the first to find Earth's twin. Mirror Earth is poised to narrate this historic event as the discovery is made.--Publisher information.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lemonick, M. D. (2012). Mirror Earth: the search for our planet's twin . Bloomsbury.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lemonick, Michael D., 1953-. 2012. Mirror Earth: The Search for Our Planet's Twin. Bloomsbury.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lemonick, Michael D., 1953-. Mirror Earth: The Search for Our Planet's Twin Bloomsbury, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lemonick, Michael D. Mirror Earth: The Search for Our Planet's Twin Bloomsbury, 2012.
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