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Life as we do not know it : the NASA search for (and synthesis of) alien life / Peter D. Ward.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ward, Peter D. (Peter Douglas), 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life on other planets.
- Life--Origin.
- Life.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, 2005.
- Summary:
- The author, a principal investigator for the NASA Astrobiology Institute, presents the latest data on the range of life that is scientifically possible on Earth and beyond.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 What Is Life? 1
- Chapter 2 What Is Earth Life? 24
- Chapter 3 Life as We Do Not Know It 58
- Chapter 4 A Recipe Book of Life 88
- Chapter 5 The Artificial Synthesis of Life 119
- Chapter 6 Are There Aliens Already on Earth? 135
- Chapter 7 Panspermia: Why There May Be Aliens Throughout the Solar System 142
- Chapter 8 Mercury and Venus 155
- Chapter 9 Fossils on the Moon 163
- Chapter 10 Mars 174
- Chapter 11 Europa 197
- Chapter 12 Titan 215
- Chapter 13 Implications, Ethics, and Dangers 235
- Chapter 14 A Manifesto: Send Paleontologists to Mars and Biochemists to Titan 247
- Envoi: A Forest of Life? 254.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-278) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Craig M. Merrihue Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0670034584
- OCLC:
- 61757182
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