دانلود کتاب Exoplanets: Finding, Exploring, and Understanding Alien Worlds

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Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Because We Live on One! – or – Why Planets and Exoplanets Are Important....Pages 1-6
A Quick Tour of the Exoplanet Menagerie....Pages 7-13
An Exoplanet Retrospective....Pages 15-43
In the Beginning – The First Exoplanet Discoveries....Pages 45-70
On the Track of Alien Planets – The Radial Velocity or Doppler Method (∼70% of All Exoplanet Primary Discoveries)....Pages 71-75
On the Track of Alien Planets – The Transit Method (∼23% of All Exoplanet Primary Discoveries)....Pages 77-104
On the Track of Alien Planets – Direct Imaging and Observation (∼2.9% of All Exoplanet Primary Discoveries or ∼6% if Free Floating Planets are Included)....Pages 105-117
On the Track of Alien Planets – Gravitational Microlensing (∼2.3% of All Exoplanet Primary Discoveries)....Pages 119-126
On the Track of Alien Planets – Timing (∼1.9% of All Exoplanet Primary Discoveries)....Pages 127-131
On the Track of Alien Planets – Other Approaches (0% of All Exoplanet Primary Discoveries)....Pages 133-142
Where Do We Go from Here? – Future Approaches to Exoplanet Detection and Study....Pages 143-155
Exoplanets Revealed – What They Are Really Like....Pages 157-190
Exoplanets and Exoplanetary Systems: Pasts and Futures....Pages 191-202
Future Homes for Humankind?....Pages 203-232
Back Matter....Pages 233-281