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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Light of the Stars tells the story of humanity's coming of age as we awaken to the possibilities of life on other worlds and their sudden relevance to our fate on Earth. Astrophysicist Adam Frank traces the question of alien life and intelligence from the ancient Greeks to the leading thinkers of our own time, and shows how we as a civilization can only hope to survive climate change if we recognize what science has recently discovered: that we are...
Author
Publisher
Overlook Duckworth
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Specialist scientific fields are developing at incredibly swift speeds, but what can they really tell us about how the universe began and how we humans evolved to play such a dominant role on Earth? John Hands's ... ambitious quest is to bring together this scientific knowledge and evaluate without bias or preconception all the theories and evidence about the origin and evolution of matter, life, consciousness, and humankind. This ... book provides...
44) Astrobiology
Author
Series
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution Press
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"In the past year, we have witnessed unprecedented breakthroughs in the seemingly unrelated fields of synthetic biology and exoplanetary astronomy. Just recently, arsenic-based bacteria was discovered in a California lake-both puzzling and electrifying the scientific world. In The Life of Super-Earths, expert astronomer Dimitar Sasselov aims to highlight these groundbreaking findings and explain how what we learn in the laboratory informs our investigation...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Scientists are on the verge of answering one of the greatest questions in history: Are we alone? Finding Life Beyond Earth immerses audiences in the sights and sounds of alien worlds, while top astrobiologists explain how these places are changing how we think about the potential for life in our solar system.
48) Astrobiology
Series
Publisher
TNM
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Is Earth the only living planet or does life exist beyond Earth? Where did the spark occur that changed non-living matter into living? Why is Earth the only planet to have plate tectonics? Find the answers to these burning questions and more.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Presents the work of NASA astrobiologist Dr. Chris McKay as he investigates the factors necessary to sustain life on both Earth and other planets, performing experiments under extreme weather conditions in Antarctia, Siberia, and the Sahara Desert.
Series
NASA SP volume 477
Publisher
Scientific and Technical Information Branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
ProQuest LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Prudence demands a pre-contact appraisal of ethical requirements towards living organisms as planetary science and astrobiology continue to move forward. Likewise, advances in artificial intelligence may mean that it will be necessary to have ethical guidelines in place for machine life. A novel framework for studying complementary ethical perspectives is presented along with results obtained by questionnaire and discussion with astrobiologists and...
54) Universe
Publisher
Finley-Holiday Film Corp
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Description
Conditions needed for life are being looked at as part of the exploration of space. Are there conditions elsewhere that would allow life to evolve?
