The Earth as a distant planet a Rosetta Stone for the search of Earth-like worlds / [electronic resource] :
M. Vázquez, E. Pallé, P. Montańés Rodríguez
- New York ; London : Springer, c2010
- 1 online resource (xv, 422 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)
- Astronomy and astrophysics library .
Includes bibliographical references and index
1. Observing the Earth -- 2. The Earth in time -- 3. The pale blue dot -- 4. The outer layers of the Earth -- 5. Biosignatures and the search for life on Earth -- 6. Detecting extrasolar Earth-like planets -- 7. The worlds out there -- 8. Extrasolar planetary systems -- 9. Is our environment special?