What Does a Martian Look Like?
What Does a Martian Look Like?
The Science of Extraterrestrial Life
Cohen
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
07/2003
370
Dura
Inglês
9780471268895
0471268895
657
A study of alien biology, a subject with bounds and constraints, the authors plumb with verve and intelligence. This book gives a much-needed antidote to the pessimism of astrobiologists who maintain that we are alone in the universe a stance based on a very narrow view of what could constitute life.
Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Astrobiology and Xenoscience. 2. The Invisible Book. 3. Aliens, Aliens and Aliens. 4. Not--Quite Life. 5. Possibilities of Life. 6. The Drake Equation. 7. The Evolution of Alien Life. 8. Dragons, Teddy Bears, and Toddlers. 9. Modelling Alien Ecosystems. 10. Not As We Know It. 11. The Sensual Tribble. 12. The Universality of Extelligence. 13. Have Aliens Visited Us? 14. Galactic Empires. Popular Xenoscience Reading List. Technical Xenoscience Reading List. Index.
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A study of alien biology, a subject with bounds and constraints, the authors plumb with verve and intelligence. This book gives a much-needed antidote to the pessimism of astrobiologists who maintain that we are alone in the universe a stance based on a very narrow view of what could constitute life.
Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Astrobiology and Xenoscience. 2. The Invisible Book. 3. Aliens, Aliens and Aliens. 4. Not--Quite Life. 5. Possibilities of Life. 6. The Drake Equation. 7. The Evolution of Alien Life. 8. Dragons, Teddy Bears, and Toddlers. 9. Modelling Alien Ecosystems. 10. Not As We Know It. 11. The Sensual Tribble. 12. The Universality of Extelligence. 13. Have Aliens Visited Us? 14. Galactic Empires. Popular Xenoscience Reading List. Technical Xenoscience Reading List. Index.
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