| EXOPLANETS Hidden Worlds and the Quest for Extraterrestrial Life Donald Goldsmith Cambridge: Harvard University Press, September 2018 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-674-97690-0 | ||||
| ISBN-10 0-674-97690-8 | 254pp. | HC/GSI | $24.95 | |
| Page 130: | "Collectively, these exoplanets form a class of planets unknown in the solar system; indeed, these planets were not even suspected to exist in such large numbers before Kepler had its way with a 150,000 stars in the Milky Way." |
| Extra word: S/B "with 150,000 stars". |
| Page 130: | "These considerations have led astronomers to propose that the sub-Earths represent the largest of the rocky planets that failed to retain an atmosphere that would have given them significantly larger sizes." |
| Terminology slip: S/B "the super-Earths". |
| Page 132: | Quoting David Kipping: "What this means is that the Earth may actually represent one the largest rocky planets in the universe..." |
| Missing word: S/B "one of the largest rocky planets". |
| Page 160: | "Second, any substance that forms a liquid does so only within a restricted range of temperatures, beyond which it either freezes into solid or evaporates into gas. This range varies among various substances, and each substance also depends on the ambient pressure." |
| Missing word: S/B "and for each substance". |
| Page 175: | "In astronomical research, as in other areas of life..." |
| Production error: The fancy "I" that leads off this chapter should be more than just a narrow vertical bar. |
| Page 203: | "Plans are now underway to create the Next Generation Very Large Array..." |
| Missing space: S/B "under way". (Previously in the book this was done correctly.) |
| Page 212: | "If we assign a quarter-century to the interval between the launch of these probes and the receipt of any information they might secure at their goal, and if assume that we might create these miniature investigators within a few decades..." |
| Missing word: S/B "and if we assume". |
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