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The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia: An Alphabetical Reference to All Life in the Universe - Softcover

Darling, David J.

 
9780812932485: The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia: An Alphabetical Reference to All Life in the Universe
Softcover
ISBN 10: 081293248X ISBN 13: 9780812932485
Verlag: Random House USA Inc, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

Presents entries for the scientific background for theories of extraterrestrial life, the projects that have been undertaken to locate alien intelligences, and discussions of some of the UFO scares that have periodically swept the nation.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David Darling received his doctorate in astronomy from the University of Manchester, England. His books include Deep Time, Equations of Eternity, Soul Search, and Zen Physics. He lives with his family in rural Minnesota.

Aus dem Klappentext

ity of life on other worlds has stirred the human imagination and stimulated scientific curiosity for as long as people have been looking up at the sky. From Aristotle to Star Trek to the latest pictures from the Hubble Space Telescope, the examination of this age-old question continues to arouse profound excitement and has found expression in human culture from the first cosmologies to the latest theories about the origin of life -- in oral tradition, literature, and film, and in the rapidly developing disciplines of astrobiology, space exploration, and extrasolar planet detection.

David Darling draws together the many threads of the search for extraterrestrial life in his comprehensive and entertaining guide. His one-of-a-kind resource covers everything from the Arecibo Message; brown dwarfs; cell membranes; Dyson spheres; and extremophiles to biographical portraits of leading scientists, such as Carl Sagan and Jill Tarter; philosophers, such as René Descartes and William Whewell;

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Verlag
Random House USA Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
2000
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
081293248X
ISBN 13 
9780812932485
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
513
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