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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Very Good text, minor to light reading wear to text and dust jacket.”
- ISBN
- 9780691242477
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
069124247X
ISBN-13
9780691242477
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15064617195
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Hidden in the Heavens : How the Kepler Mission's Quest for New Planets Changed How We View Our Own
Publication Year
2024
Subject
Physics / Astrophysics, Space Science, Astronomy
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
21.4 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2024-018676
Reviews
"Steffen writes with authority about the meticulous planning and analysis that went into choosing the Kepler's targets. . . . He is particularly strong in describing the wide range of expertise that made the Kepler mission a model of scientific and engineering collaboration." ---Natural History, Laurence A. marschall, An eye-opening exploration of the goals, successes, and challenges associated with the [Kepler space telescope mission]. . . . This will please armchair astronomers., "Jason Steffen gives readers an exceptionally granular view of the entire [Kepler Space Telescope] mission, managing to pack an incredible amount of information into a relatively slim volume" ---Douglas G. Adler, Ad Astra, "An excellent piece of science writing. . . . For a scientist to write a narrative that is good storytelling is quite remarkable. Steffen accomplished this feat." ---David Bullock, The Space Page
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
522.2919
Synopsis
An insider's account of the NASA mission that changed our understanding of planets, planetary systems, and the stars they orbit Are we alone in the universe? It's a fundamental question for Earth-dwelling humankind. Are there other worlds like ours, out there somewhere? In Hidden in the Heavens , Jason Steffen, a former scientist on NASA's Kepler mission, describes how that mission searched for planets orbiting Sun-like stars--especially Earth-like planets circulating in Earth-like orbits. What the Kepler space telescope found, Steffen reports, contradicted centuries of theoretical and observational work and transformed our understanding of planets, planetary systems, and the stars they orbit. Kepler discovered thousands of planets orbiting distant stars--a bewildering variety of celestial bodies, including rocky planets being vaporized by the intense heat of their host star; super-Earths and sub-Neptunes, with properties simultaneously similar to and different from both Earth and Neptune; gas giants several times the size and mass of Jupiter; and planets orbiting in stellar systems that had only been imagined in science fiction. It was, Steffen says, the opportunity of a lifetime to work in the most exciting scientific field on the most awe-inspiring mission. He offers a unique, inside account of the work of the Kepler science team (and the sometimes chaotic interactions among team members), mapping the progress of the mission from the launch of the rocket that carried Kepler into space to the revelations of the data that began to flow to the supercomputer back at NASA--evidence of strange new worlds unlike anything found in our own solar system.
LC Classification Number
QB500.2685.S74 2024
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