ISBN: 9780674271838 - taxi from another planet: conversations with drivers about life in the universe (12 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Zustand: New. 2022. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 256 pages. 8.50x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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. 'This is a joy to read.' -Publishers Weekly If you've ever sat in the back seat of a taxi, you know that cabbies like to talk. Sports or politics, your job or theirs, taxi drivers are fine conversationalists on just about any topic. And when the passenger is astrobiologist Charles Cockell, that topic is usually space and what, if anything, lives out there.Inspired by conversations with drivers all over the world, Taxi from Another Planet tackles the questions that everyday people have about the cosmos and our place in it. Will we understand aliens What if there isn't life out in the universe Is Mars our Plan B And why is the government spending tax dollars on space programs anyway Each essay in this genial collection takes questions like these as a starting point on the way to a range of insightful, even poignant, observations. Cockell delves into debates over the inevitability of life and looks to both human history and scientific knowledge to consider what first contact will be like and what we can expect from spacefaring societies. He also offers a forceful argument for the sympathies between space exploration and environmentalism.A shrewd and entertaining foray into the most fundamental mysteries, Taxi from Another Planet brings together the wisdom of scientific experts and their fellow citizens of Earth, the better to understand how life might unfold elsewhere.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New. Taxi drivers love to talk, and when astrobiologist Charles Cockell is their passenger, they love to talk about aliens. This humorous, insightful collection gathers essays inspired by conversations with cabbies, ranging over the possible nature of alien soci.

hardcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 287 Seiten; 9780674271838.2 Gewicht in Gramm: 2.