The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Its Astonishing Implications for Our Future
Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 378 g
ISBN: 978-0-691-14988-2
Verlag: PRINCETON UNIV PR
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Preface Alien Dreams xi
Acknowledgments xv
Chapter 1: Worlds beyond Imagination 1
Chapter 2: What Makes It Science? 22
Chapter 3: What I Know about Aliens 41
Chapter 4: What Is Life? 62
Chapter 5: Getting Life Started 87
Chapter 6: The Makings of a Truly Great Planet 111
Chapter 7: Life in the Solar System 137
Chapter 8: Life among the Stars 161
Chapter 9: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence 184
Chapter 10: Where Is Everybody? 197
To Learn More 207
Afterword 209
Index 221