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Wall, Michael (Biologist)
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Life on other planets.
Extraterrestrial beings.
Outer space -- Exploration.
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Wall, Michael (Biologist)
Life on other planets.
Extraterrestrial beings.
Outer space -- Exploration.
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Out there : a scientific guide to alien life, antimatter, and human space travel (for the cosmically curious) / Michael Wall.
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Wall, Michael (Biologist)
Grand Central Publishing, 2018.
Call #:
576
.839
W187o
Subjects
Life on other planets.
Extraterrestrial beings.
Outer space -- Exploration.
ISBN:
9781538729373 (hc.)
Edition:
1st hardcover ed.
Description:
viii, 245 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-236) and index.
Contents:
Part I: What's out there?. Where is everybody? ; Are we all Martians? ; What does ET look like? ; Do aliens have sex? ; What are we looking for? ; Where is ET hiding? ; How would the world be told? ; Could we talk to ET? ; How would the world respond? ; Have we already found ET? ; Will aliens kill us all? -- Part II: Getting out there. Will we colonize the Moon and Mars? ; Can we go interstellar? ; Will there be a Homo spaciens? ; Is time travel possible? ; What will happen to us?
Summary:
"Though his byline as a senior writer for Space.com includes his doctorate in biology, the speculation throughout Wall's first book is more playful than scientifically rigorous -- as befits a book with a bibliography that includes The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Each chapter title poses a question: "Are We All Martians?"; "Do Aliens Have Sex?"; "Will Aliens Kill Us All?"; "Is Time Travel Possible?" In nearly every case, the answer is a qualified maybe. Instead of asking "why?" Wall asks, "why not?" Since the universe is so vast and there are so many possibilities of planets or moons or other bodies that might possibly sustain life, or once could have, isn't it more likely than not that life exists somewhere other than here?" -- Kirkus Reviews.
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