Description
About the Author
Alan Boss is an astrophysicist and and has been helping NASA plan its search for exoplanets since 1988. For the past thirty-five years, Boss has been on staff at the Carnegie Institution for Science in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. He leads a ground-based astrometric planet search effort at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. He currently chairs NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program(ExEP) Analysis Group and the ExEP Technology Assessment Committee. Boss is a member of the NASA Astrophysics Advisory Committee and the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Astrobiology Science Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universe.
Reviews
If you've ever wanted to understand why space missions take decades to be realised, with some science highlights scattered in between, then give Boss's latest book a go. It's a page-turner that is worthy of multiple rereads. * Amber Hornsby, BBC Sky at Night Magazine *
Boss gives a comprehensive view of Kepler's origins and contributions to our knowledge of possible life in the great beyond ... The book is packed with the budget woes and scientific celebrations that make up life at NASA. Each chapter is broken into small, vignette-type sections with such titles as "Can We Build It Any Faster?" and "Hey, I Had That Idea First." These bite-sized segments make the material accessible. So does his conversational tone. Reading the book is like sitting in the office with someone who's eager to explain the ins and outs of the science and the program. * Erin Blakemore, Washington Post *
Boss takes readers along on the roller-coaster saga of modern planet-hunting. More a history than purely about science, Boss's work gives readers a visceral sense of the highs and lows of modern research ... With clear writing and compelling characters, Bosss story is as much about how modern science gets done as it is about the fascinating results. * Publishers Weekly *
Book Information
ISBN 9780190864057
Author Alan Boss
Format Hardback
Page Count 228
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 163mm * 241mm * 20mm