(Hardback)

"A lyrical meditation on the preciousness of one child and the vastness of the universe ... [sharing] the immensity of a parent's love along with the message that we are all connected to the broader cosmos in important and intimate ways"--

(Paperback, Revised edition)

Astronomer Ray Jayawardhana discusses the scientific quest to discover other planets and life in the universe, describing breakthroughs into the early twenty-first century, and examining the tools and technology available to scientists seeking life on other worlds.