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Language
  
English

Pages
  
304 pp.

Originally published
  
3 October 2013

Genre
  
Non-fiction

Subjects
  
Science, Astronomy

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Publication date
  
October 3, 2013

ISBN
  
978-1617230066

Author
  
Lee Billings

Country
  
United States of America

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Publisher
  
Current, a member of Penguin Group

Media type
  
Print, e-book, audiobook

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Non-fiction books, Astronomy books

Five billion years of solitude lee billings


Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars is a non-fiction work by the science author Lee Billings. The text was initially published on October 3, 2013 by Current.

Contents

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Overview

In this book, Billings explores the scientists and science behind the ever-expanding universe of exoplanets. Since the first detection of a planet orbiting another Sun-like star in 1995, scientists have discovered an increasing number of worlds beyond our solar system through detections by telescopes and spacecraft. Billings reveals the scientists behind these discoveries and their thoughts on not only exoplanets, but also their triumphs and frustrations in their quest to solve one of the greatest mysteries of humankind: Are we alone? Billings includes interviews with Frank Drake, Geoffrey Marcy, Greg Laughlin, James Kasting, Matt Mountain, Wesley Traub, Sara Seager, and many other prominent researchers.

Topics covered

The book has 10 chapters:

  • Looking for Longevity
  • Drake's Orchids
  • A Fractured Empire
  • The Worth of a World
  • After the Gold Rush
  • The Big Picture
  • Out of Equilibrium
  • Aberrations of the Light
  • The Order of the Null
  • Into the Barren Lands

    • Reviews

  • Overbye, Dennis (8 November 2013). "Lonely Planet". Sunday Book Review. The New York Times. Retrieved 23 November 2013. 
  • Brown, Mike (15 November 2013). "Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars by Lee Billings". WP Opinion. The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 November 2013. 
  • Henderson, Caspar (21 November 2013). "Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 November 2013. 
  • Teitel, Amy Shira (14 October 2013). "Lee Billings' Five Billion Years of Solitude (Review)". Discovery News Book Reviews. Discovery News. Retrieved 23 November 2013. 
  • Kuchner, Marc (12 December 2014). "Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars". Physics Today Volume 67, Issue 12, December 2014. AIP Publishing. Retrieved 18 December 2014. 

    • References

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