{"product_id":"alien-earths-lisa-kaltenegger","title":"Alien Earths (Lisa Kaltenegger)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Lisa Kaltenegger offers first-hand access to her expertise on the search for planets in the universe, and the life they may contain. Along the way, Lisa's breezy narrative style invites you to experience with her the challenges and joys of being a scientist on the frontier of discovery' Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor thousands of years, humans have wondered whether we're alone in the cosmos. Now, for the first time, we have the technology to investigate. The question should have an obvious answer: yes or no. But once you try to find life elsewhere, you realize it is not so simple. How do you find it over cosmic distances? What actually is life?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAstronomer Lisa Kaltenegger works from Carl Sagan's former office at Cornell University, where she built a team of tenacious scientists from many disciplines to find life on faraway worlds, using Earth's diverse biosphere and its history as a Rosetta Stone. With infectious enthusiasm, she provides an eye-opening insider's guide to the most unusual exoplanets that have shaken our worldview - planets covered in oceans of lava, lonely wanderers lost in space, and others with more than one sun in their sky - as well as the best contenders for Alien Earths\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eShe also shows how close imagined scifi worlds come to reality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe live in an incredible new epoch of exploration. As our witty and knowledgeable tour guide, Professor Kaltenegger shows how we discover not merely new continents, like the explorers of old, but whole new worlds circling other stars - and how we could spot life there. Worlds from where aliens may even be gazing back at us. What if we're not alone?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Kaltenegger\u003c\/b\u003e is the Director of the Carl Sagan Institute to Search for Life in the Cosmos at Cornell University, and Associate Professor in Astronomy. She is a pioneer and world-leading expert in modeling potential habitable worlds and their detectable spectral fingerprint. Professor Kaltenegger has served on NSF and NASA committees and is a Science Team Member of NASA's TESS Mission as well as the NIRISS instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Kaltenegger is the recipient of numerous international prizes and awards, including being a European Commission Role Model for Women in Science and Research. She was named one of America's Young Innovators by \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian \u003c\/i\u003eMagazine, an Innovator to Watch by \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine, and stars in the IMAX 3D movie \"The Search for Life in Space\". Asteroid Kaltenegger7734 is named after her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 288 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65781430747485,"sku":"K097808999","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9780899900001A.jpg?v=1788322149","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/alien-earths-lisa-kaltenegger","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}