Lisa Kaltenegger offers access to her experience regarding the search for planets in the universe and the life they may harbor. Lisa's narrative invites us to experience the challenges and joys of being a scientist at the frontier of discovery. For thousands of years, people have wondered if we are alone in the universe. Now, for the first time, we have the technology to explore this question. But how do you find life at cosmic distances? What is life, after all?

Astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger works from Carl Sagan's office at Cornell University, where she has created a team of scientists from various fields to search for life on distant worlds, using Earth's diverse biosphere and its history. With contagious enthusiasm, she provides a comprehensive guide to the most unusual exoplanets that have changed our worldview – planets covered in oceans of lava, lonely wanderers in space, and others with more than one sun in their sky – as well as the best candidates for Alien Earths. She also shows how close the fantastic worlds of science fiction come to reality.

We are living in an incredible new age of exploration. As our witty and knowledgeable guide, Professor Kaltenegger shows us how we discover not only new continents but entire new worlds orbiting other suns – and how we can locate life there. Worlds from where aliens might be watching us. What if we are not alone?

Pages: 288, Dimensions: 13x13cm