Taxi from Another Planet : : Conversations with Drivers about Life in the Universe / / Charles S. Cockell.
Insightful, good-humored essays on the possibilities of alien life and the uses of space exploration, based on an astrobiologist’s everyday conversations with his fellow humans—taxi drivers, to be precise.If you’ve ever sat in the back seat of a taxi, you know that cabbies like to talk. Sports or po...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Are There Alien Taxi Drivers?
- 2 Would Alien Contact Change Us All?
- 3 Should I Be Worried about a Martian Invasion?
- 4 Should We Solve Problems on Earth before Exploring Space?
- 5 Will I Go on a Trip to Mars?
- 6 Is There Still Glory in Exploration?
- 7 Is Mars Our Planet B?
- 8 Do Ghosts Exist?
- 9 Are We Exhibits in an Alien Zoo?
- 10 Will We Understand the Aliens?
- 11 Might the Universe Be Devoid of Aliens?
- 12 Is Mars an Awful Place to Live?
- 13 Will Space Be Full of Tyrannies or Free Societies?
- 14 Do Microbes Deserve Our Protection?
- 15 How Did Life Begin?
- 16 Why Do We Need Oxygen to Breathe?
- 17 What Is the Meaning of Life?
- 18 Are We Exceptional?
- Further Reading
- Acknowledgments
- Image Credits
- Index