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Bizony, Piers.
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Life on other planets.
Habitable planets.
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Bizony, Piers.
Life on other planets.
Habitable planets.
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The search for aliens : a
rough
guide
to
life
on
other
worlds
/ by Piers Bizony.
by
Bizony, Piers.
Rough Guides, 2012.
Call #:
576.839 B625s
Subjects
Life
on
other
planets.
Habitable planets.
ISBN:
9781405383240 (pbk)
1405383240 (pbk)
Alternate title:
Rough
guide
to
life
on
other
worlds
Description:
ix, 260 p. ; 20 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
A plurality of
worlds
-- Aliens of the imagination -- The origins of
life
-- The hunt for
life
on Mars -- Mars reawakens -- If not Mars, where? -- The cosmic haystack -- Listening for a signal -- The planet hunters -- Intelligent civilizations -- The long road to the stars -- Kidnapped by aliens -- The bigger picture.
Summary:
A
guide
to the most exciting field of modern science: the search for extraterrestrial
life
. It identifies, locates, and describes the research projects; everything from radio dishes searching for intelligent alien signals to deep oceanic research, seeking links between terrestrial organisms and the broader cosmos.
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