Looking for Earths: The Race to Find New Solar Systems
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ALAN BOSS is a research scientist and NASA adviser at the prestigious Carnegie Institution in Washington, D.C., and has long been one of the world?s leading figures in the search for extrasolar planets. His gift for clarifying complex scientific issues for a lay audience has led to articles in Scientific American, Nature, and Physics Today. He has also been quoted regularly in front-page articles in the New York Times and the Washington Post, as well as in Time.
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Barnard's Remarkable Star.
Other Stars, Other Planets.
Barnard's Star Changes Its Course.
Making Planets for Fun and Profit.
I Thought I Saw a Brown Dwarf Last Night.
We Know You Are Out There...
...And We Are Coming to Get You.
Brown Dwarfs by the Handful.
A Fresh Start.
Who Ordered THAT?
The Battle of Palomar Mountain.
The Road Goes Ever On and On.
The Swiss Hit.
Other Stars, Other Planets.
Barnard's Star Changes Its Course.
Making Planets for Fun and Profit.
I Thought I Saw a Brown Dwarf Last Night.
We Know You Are Out There...
...And We Are Coming to Get You.
Brown Dwarfs by the Handful.
A Fresh Start.
Who Ordered THAT?
The Battle of Palomar Mountain.
The Road Goes Ever On and On.
The Swiss Hit.
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"As an historical account of the long history of planet finding it is very good, and if you also want a detailed account of the workings of NASA committees then it is ideal." (Chemistry in Britain, November 2000)
