An amazing journey throughout the universe in a search for other planets and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
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Paul Halpern is Professor of Physics at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and the author of many trade science books, including The Cyclical Serpent, Countdown to the Apocalypse, and The Pursuit of Destiny. He lives in Philadelphia.
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Physicist and writer Paul Halpern is the author of twelve popular science books, exploring the subjects of space, time, extrasolar planets, particle physics, higher dimensions and cosmology. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Fulbright Scholarship and an Athenaeum Literary Award. His most recent book examines the Large Hadron Collider and the quest for the fundamental particles of the universe.
More information about Paul Halpern's books and other writings can be found at:
www.phalpern.com
More information about Paul Halpern's books and other writings can be found at:
www.phalpern.com
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Are we alone? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
extrasolar worlds, pulsar planets, planet hunting, planetary discovery, extrasolar planets, extrasolar planetary systems, millisecond pulsars, stellar companions, shadow matter, stellar light, astronomical community, brown dwarfs, protoplanetary disks, ninth planet, intrinsic brightness Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milky Way, Main Sequence, San Francisco, Project Phoenix, American Astronomical Society, University of California, Beta Pictoris, Lick Observatory, Proxima Centauri, United States, University of Arizona, Carl Sagan, Frank Drake, Geoffrey Marcy, Large Magellanic Cloud, Big Dipper, Green Bank, Kitt Peak, Lowell Observatory, Paul Butler, Penn State, Percival Lowell, William Herschel, Alpha Centauri, Anthropic Principle New!
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extrasolar worlds, pulsar planets, planet hunting, planetary discovery, extrasolar planets, extrasolar planetary systems, millisecond pulsars, stellar companions, shadow matter, stellar light, astronomical community, brown dwarfs, protoplanetary disks, ninth planet, intrinsic brightness Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Milky Way, Main Sequence, San Francisco, Project Phoenix, American Astronomical Society, University of California, Beta Pictoris, Lick Observatory, Proxima Centauri, United States, University of Arizona, Carl Sagan, Frank Drake, Geoffrey Marcy, Large Magellanic Cloud, Big Dipper, Green Bank, Kitt Peak, Lowell Observatory, Paul Butler, Penn State, Percival Lowell, William Herschel, Alpha Centauri, Anthropic Principle New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The War of the Worlds (Penguin Classics) by H.G. Wells on page 23, page 24, and Back Matter
- War of the Worlds by H G Wells on page 23, page 24, and Back Matter
- The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells on page 23, page 24, and Back Matter
- Is Anyone Out There? by Frank Drake in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The War of the Worlds (Great Illustrated Classics (Abdo)) by H. G. Wells on page 23, page 24, and Back Matter
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- Science Firsts: From the Creation of Science to the Science of Creation by Robert E. Adler in Back Matter
- The Planets by David McNab in Back Matter
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