"The need, indeed even the possibility, of a planetary census is a recent development in cosmic history. It was only in 1995 that the first planet was detected orbiting another Sun-like star, by Michel Mayor and his colleagues at Geneva Observatory. In the years since then there has been a torrent of discoveries, 340 and counting, that has bewildered astronomers and captured the popular imagination."
This is taken from the NYT Science Section (below). There are three books written by one of the principals in this search for planetary systems like ours.
Books by Alan Boss
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