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Control # 1 hbl99081077
Control # Id 3 GCG
Date 5 20230523140713.0
Fixed Data 8 200207t20202020enka b 001 0 eng d
ISBN 20    $a1789143381$qhardcover
ISBN 20    $a9781789143386$qhardcover
Local Ctrl # 35    $a(OCoLC)1139350273
Obsolete 39    $a334159$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aYDX$beng$erda$cYDX$dBDX$dOCLCQ$dSINLB$dYDX$dOCLCF$dGO3$dTXI$dBNG
LC Call 50  4 $aQB820$b.D433 2020
Dewey Class 82 04 $a523.4$223
ME:Pers Name 100 $aDeacon, Niall,$eauthor.
Title 245 10 $aTwenty worlds :$bthe extraordinary story of planets around other stars /$cNiall Deacon.
Title:Varint 246 $a20 worlds
Title:Varint 246 $aExtraordinary story of planets around other stars
Tag 264 264  1 $aLondon, UK :$bReaktion Books,$c2020.
Tag 264 264  4 $cÃ2020
Phys Descrpt 300    $a208 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c23 cm.
Tag 336 336    $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
Tag 337 337    $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
Tag 338 338    $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
Series:Diff 490 $aUniverse
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 191-202) and index.
Note:Content 505 $aA world beyond expectation -- A world obscuring -- A tempestuous world -- A glimmer of atmosphere -- A world in reverse -- A flash from darkness -- A world you can't set your watch by -- A contrasting sibling -- A world like ours? -- An unseen embryo -- A world through the blur -- An ember spat from a fire -- A lonely planet -- A Dreich world? -- A cursed world -- A world that's just right? -- A world bombarded -- A dark cloak of death -- A world torn asunder -- A diamond born from death -- Epilogue: yet more worlds -- Appendix: the twenty worlds.
Abstract 520    $aThirty years ago, the only planets we knew were the ones orbiting our own sun; we now know of thousands of other worlds orbiting distant stars. In this book, astronomer Niall Deacon journeys to twenty of these globes: from giant, blisteringly hot planets orbiting close to their parent stars to planets that float through the cold wilderness of space alone, and from dead stars shredding asteroids to worlds made of diamond--and even planets that may be similar to the Earth. Deacon also takes in the latest exoplanet discoveries and explains how astronomers have come to learn so much about these strange and distant worlds. Twenty Worlds tells a sweeping story, of real planets around other stars, and it will fascinate a universe of fans of popular science and astronomy.
Local Note 590    $aRecommended in Resources for College Libraries.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aExtrasolar planets.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aPlanets.
SE:Ufm Title 830  0 $aUniverse (London, England)