Ray Villard

If there is any book at all that best captures Exoplanetology--The Art and Science of Exoplanets and Life on other Worlds, then it is this book: Infinite Worlds by Ray Villard and Lynnette Cook.
This book is truly a masterpiece worth having in the bookshelf of those who are enthralled by other worlds and beckoned by the prospect of life in other planets.
Although it has been published several years ago, this book will never cease to inspire the next generation of space explorers, and will show more continue to foster the momentum in exoplanet research by way of inspiration and imagination.
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Coffee-table astronomy primer, including much artistic guesswork about what extrasolar planets might look like up close.