Past thinking about Earth-like planets and life
Our habitable Planet Earth. Critical updates on how planets are built ; Long-term climate stability ; More wrinkles in Earth's climate history ; Runaway glaciation and "Snowball Earth"
Limits to planetary habitability. Runaway greenhouses and the evolution of Venus' atmosphere ; The future evolution of Earth ; The Martian climate puzzle ; Is the Earth rare? ; Habitable zones around stars
How to find another Earth. Indirect detection of planets around other stars ; Finding and characterizing planets by using transits ; Direct detection of extrasolar planets ; The spectroscopic search for life ; Prospects for the more distant future.
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How to find a habitable planet by James F. Kasting. ISBN 9780691138053. Published by Princeton University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
