Alien Skies

Based on cutting-edge research, this book uses a grand tour of the atmospheres of other planet to shine a new light on our own atmosphere and its relation with life.

Only book placing Climate Change in the global context of planetary atmospheres, including exoplanets

Transforms the reader's view of the Earth's atmosphere - and its relation to life

Provides an overview and explanation of the first observations of the atmospheres of exoplanets

Autorentext

Frédéric Pont teaches astrophysics at the University of Exeter (UK). He has lived and worked in Switzerland, Japan, Chile and France, and has participated in the discovery of many extra-solar planets with fellow researchers in Europe and the US. He now studies the atmosphere of some of these planets, using the Hubble Space Telescope and the largest ground-based telescopes available. He has also worked as a science writer for the Rolex Awards for Enterprise in Geneva. Born Swiss, Pont loves mountains, cheese and, somewhat less predictably, books. He now spends most of his time on planet Earth (because he quite likes its atmosphere) and currently resides in the United Kingdom.

Inhalt

Earth's atmosphere: A new look at an old friend.- Venus and Mars.- Titan and life without water.- Gas giant planets: from Jupiter to hot Jupiters.- Exotic worlds.- Back to Earth.