ALIEN EARTHS

â 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 discoveryâ Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist For 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 Astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger works from Carl Saganâ s former office at Cornell University where she built a team of tenacious scientists from many disciplines to find life on faraway worlds using Earthâ s diverse biosphere and its history as a Rosetta Stone With infectious enthusiasm she provides an eye opening insiderâ s guide to the most unusual exoplanets that have shaken our worldview â planets covered in oceans of lava lonely wanderers lost in space and others with more than one sun in their sky â as well as the best contenders for Alien Earths She also shows how close imagined scifi worlds come