{"product_id":"9781588345950","title":"Exoplanets: Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets, and the New Search for Life beyond Our Solar System","description":"The past few years have seen an incredible explosion in our knowledge of   the universe. Since its 2009 launch, the Kepler satellite has   discovered more than two thousand exoplanets, or planets outside our   solar system. More exoplanets are being discovered all the time, and   even more remarkable than the sheer number of exoplanets is their   variety. In \u003ci\u003eExoplanets\u003c\/i\u003e, astronomer Michael Summers and  physicist  James Trefil explore these remarkable recent discoveries:  planets  revolving around pulsars, planets made of diamond, planets that  are  mostly water, and numerous rogue planets wandering through the  emptiness  of space. This captivating book reveals the latest  discoveries and  argues that the incredible richness and complexity we  are finding  necessitates a change in our questions and mental  paradigms. In short,  we have to change how we think about the universe  and our place in it,  because it is stranger and more interesting than  we could have imagined.","brand":"Smithsonian Institution Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167013716208,"sku":"9781588345950","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781588345950_p0.jpg?v=1763808368","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781588345950","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}