Fjerne kloder: Historien om opdagelsen af exoplaneter og jagten på verdener som vores

by Gunver Lystbæk Vestergård, Thomas Joakim Winther (Cover)

Der er ikke otte, men milliarder af planeter i Universet, og mange af dem ligger i et lunt smørhul, hvor de potentielt kan huse liv. Den opdagelse er en af de største i den moderne astronomi, og vi er kun lige begyndt at forstå, hvad der egentlig gemmer sig derude i kosmos af bizarre kloder. FJERNE KLODER beskriver erkendelsesrejsen, fra Giordano Bruno blev brændt på bålet i år 1600 for sin kætterske idé om uendelig mange planeter – og til konstruktionen af små satellitter, som måske kan besøge de nærmeste af disse exoplaneter og lede efter livstegn på dem. Undervejs møder vi forskerne ved fronten, som kigger hinsides solsystemet og kæmper for at besvare det ultimative spørgsmål: Er vi alene?  

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Published August 22, 2019

Reviews

[Eva Therese · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fascinating journey through the history of the discovery of exoplanets, starting way back with old philosophers and their theoretical musings and going all the way up to 2018 and a look at the future of the field and what we can expect. And hope for.
It's not just a great subject, but the author is also a great guide. She is clearly both very knowledgeable and understands the science she talks about, but she is also wonderfully enthusiastic, especially at the end, where she talks about her own conviction that there is life in the universe in abundance, if we can just find out what to look for.
And she has a light breezy tone of voice and is very often very funny.
Her musings about the naming of the "Very Large Telescope", "Extremely Large Telescope" and the planned "Overwhelmingly Large Telescope" honestly cracked me up.

Want to know about exoplanets but don't know where to begin? You can safely start here.

[Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fjerne Kloder (Distant Worlds) is an overview of the history of space exploration and specifically the exploration of exoplanets. It covers historial, current and future technology and theories within the field.

The author of the book is a journalist, and that is very obvious in the book's writing style. And I mean that in the best possible way. The writing style is absolutely incredible, and makes this a very entertaining and gripping book. The writing in itself is enough to give this a high rating, but the content of the book is also great. It's a perfect mix between anecdotes and science.
Incredibly interesting book, and almost making it onto my list of favourite books. Perfect rating of 5 stars!

[Morten · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are quite some interesting stories in the book. But the style is a bit confused obviously focusing on the stories revolving around people that were available for an interview. The book also wants to cover too many topics instead of just focusing on the excitement that the current stage of knowledge invokes. I might be biased as a scientist, but it could have been structure better if with a tighter focus.

[Peter Morell · Rating 1 out of 5]

En af de mest elendige bøger som jeg har læst (en del af). Den er så fyldt med sproglige billeder og metaforer, at det fuldstændig fjerne fokus fra det som der skrives om. Det er umuligt at læse for mig.
Det er ligesom forfatterens artikler i Weekendavisen, det er det værste usorterede sludder, som jeg længe har læst.

[Stine Schaksen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Klart en bog jeg skal læse flere gange.

[Stinne Larsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super spændende og let forståelig formidlet