Here be dragons : the scientific quest for extraterrestrial life / David Koerner, Simon LeVay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koerner, David, author.

LeVay, Simon, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life on other planets.

Life--Origin.

Life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recent advances in the sciences, and their application to space, have enabled scientists to make accurate and informed predictions about the possibility of life on other planets. This study presents the scientific search for life in the universe.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Origins: How Life on Earth Began; 2 Going to Extremes: The Habitats and Requirements for Life; 3 The Incredible Shrinking Martians: Searching for Life in the Solar System; 4 The Death and Life of Stars: Organic Molecules and the Evolution of Solar Systems; 5 The Planet Finders: Searching for Life Beyond the Sun; 6 What Happens in Evolution? Chance and Necessity in the Origin of Biological Complexity; COLOR PLATES; 7 SETI: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence; 8 Dreamland: The Science and Religion of UFOs; 9 Exotica: Life as We Don't Know It

10 Many Worlds: Cosmology and the Anthropic PrincipleConclusions; Notes; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780190287108

0190287101

9780197732298

0197732291

9780198033370

0198033370

9781280831171

1280831170

9780195351750

0195351754

OCLC:

609830123