Hidden in the Heavens
How the Kepler Mission’s Quest for New Planets Changed How We View Our Own
$55.69
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2025
Summary
Are we alone in the universe? It’s a fundamental question for Earth-dwelling humankind. Are there other worlds like ours, out there somewhere? In Hidden in the Heavens, Jason Steffen, a former scientist on NASA’s Kepler mission, describes how that mission searched for planets orbiting Sun-like stars – especially Earth-like planets circulating in Earth-like orbits. What the Kepler space telescope found, Steffen reports, contradicted centuries of theoretical and observational work and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691242477 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 069124247X |
| Author: | Dr Jason Steffen |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2025 |
| Weight: | 606g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 235mm |
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Critics Review
“An eye-opening exploration of the goals, successes, and challenges associated with the [Kepler space telescope mission]… . This will please armchair astronomers.” * Publishers Weekly *
“An excellent piece of science writing… . For a scientist to write a narrative that is good storytelling is quite remarkable. Steffen accomplished this feat.”—David Bullock, The Space Page
“Jason Steffen gives readers an exceptionally granular view of the entire [Kepler Space Telescope] mission, managing to pack an incredible amount of information into a relatively slim volume”—Douglas G. Adler, Ad Astra
“An excellent read.”—Dr. David M. Livingston, The Space Show
“Steffen writes with authority about the meticulous planning and analysis that went into choosing the Kepler’s targets… . He is particularly strong in describing the wide range of expertise that made the Kepler mission a model of scientific and engineering collaboration.”—Laurence A. Marschall, Natural History
Dr Jason Steffen
Jason Steffen is an associate professor of physics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. A longtime science team member of NASA’s Kepler mission, he has contributed to the discovery and characterization of thousands of planets that orbit distant stars.
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