Alien encounter a scientific novel Dirk Schulze-Makuch

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schulze-Makuch, Dirk, 1964- author.

Series:

Science and fiction (Springer (Firm)) 2197-1188

Science and fiction 2197-1188

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human-alien encounters--Fiction.

Human-alien encounters.

Life on other planets--Fiction.

Life on other planets.

Genre:

Fiction

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

2nd edition

Place of Publication:

Cham Springer [2013?]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It has been nearly 100 years since the Apollo moon landings, when Jack and Vladimir, two astronauts on a mission to Venus, discover a mysterious void related to indigenous life on the planet. Subsequently more voids are detected on Earth, Mars, Titan, and, quite ominously, inside a planetoid emerging from the Kuiper belt. Jack is sent to investigate the voids in the Solar System and intercept the planetoid - which, as becomes increasingly clear, is inhabited by alien life forms. Jack and his crew will have little time to understand their alien biochemistry, abilities, behavior patterns, resilience, and technology, but also how these life forms relate to the voids. Humankind's first encounter with these exotic life forms couldn't be more fateful, becoming a race against time to save life on Earth and to reveal the true nature of the voids, which seem to be intrinsically related to life and the universe itself. In this novel, the author combines many topics related to state-of-the-art research in the field of astrobiology with fictional elements to produce a thrilling page turner. This new version significantly develops the astrobiological denouement of the plot and features an extensive non-technical appendix where the underlying science is presented and discussed

Contents:

Part I: The Novel Alien Encounter

1. Venus

2. Earth

3. Mars

4. Titan

5. Deep Encounter

6. Tethys II

7. The Voids

Part II. The Scienced Behind the Fiction Astrobiology

a melting pot of open scientific questions 1. Venus Orbital Station

4. Deep Encounter

6. Tethis II

7. The Voids

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 24, 2013)

Related Work:

Expanded version of : Schulze-Makuch, Dirk, 1964- Voids of eternity

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783319019611

3319019619

3319019600

9783319019604

OCLC:

859671033

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license