Beyond UFOs : : The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Its Astonishing Implications for Our Future / / Jeffrey Bennett.
The quest for extraterrestrial life doesn't happen only in science fiction. This book describes the startling discoveries being made in the very real science of astrobiology, an intriguing new field that blends astronomy, biology, and geology to explore the possibility of life on other planets....
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | With a New afterword by the author |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 8 color illus. 25 halftones. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Worlds beyond Imagination
- 2. What Makes It Science?
- 3. What I Know about Aliens
- 4. What Is Life?
- 5. Getting Life Started
- 6. The Makings of a Truly Great Planet
- 7. Life in the Solar System
- 8. Life among the Stars
- 9. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
- 10. Where Is Everybody?
- To Learn More
- Afterword to the Paperback Edition
- Index