Bennett Beyond UFOs

The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Its Astonishing Implications for Our Future
With a New afterword by the author
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3848-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Bennett, Jeffrey

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Jeffrey Bennett is an astrophysicist, author, and educator. His books include leading college-level textbooks in astrobiology, astronomy, mathematics, and statistics, as well as the award-winning children's book Max Goes to the Moon.