Life On Other Worlds
Places the twentieth century extraterrestrial life debate in historical perspective, covering a broad range of topics, ranging from the search for life in the solar system to the search for planetary systems, the origins of life, UFO's and aliens in science fiction.
List of illustrations; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. From the physical world to the biological universe: Democritus to Lowell; 2. Life in the solar system; 3. Solar systems beyond; 4. Extraterrestrials in literature and the arts: the role of imagination; 5. The UFO controversy and the extraterrestrial hypothesis; 6. The origin and evolution of life in the extraterrestrial context; 7. SETI: the search for extraterrestrial intelligence; 8. The meaning of life; 9. Summary and conclusion: the biological universe; Select bibliographical essay; Index.
| Pm Supplier | CUP/ Cambridge University Press |
|---|---|
| Pm Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Pm Isbn 10 | 0521799120 |
| Pm Isbn 13 | 9780521799126 |
| Pm Publication Date | 2001-03-19 |
| Pm Width | 153 |
| Pm Author | Dick, SJ |
| Pm Height | 18 |
| Pm Longness | 229 |
- Author: Dick, SJ
- Page Count: 290
Life On Other Worlds
- Author: Dick, SJ
- Page Count: 290
