Mirror Earth : the search for our planet's twin /
Lemonick, Michael D.,1953-
New York : Walker,
2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The man who looked for blinking stars -- The man who looked for wobbling stars -- Hot Jupiters : who ordered those? -- An ancient question -- The dwarf-star strategy -- Imagining alien atmospheres -- Invasion of the female exoplaneteers -- Kepler approved -- Waiting for launch -- Kepler scooped -- "A 100 percent chance of life" -- The Kepler era begins -- Beyond Kepler -- How many Earths? -- What does "habitable" really mean? -- A world made of rock, at last -- Astronomers in paradise -- Sara's birthday party.
Extrasolar planets.
Planetology.