The Pale Blue Data Point : An Earth-Based Perspective on the Search for Alien Life.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willis, Jon.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2025.

Summary:

A thrilling tour of Earth that shows the search for extraterrestrial life starts in our own backyard. Is there life off Earth?Bound by the limitations of spaceflight, a growing number of astrobiologists investigate the question by studying life on our planet.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

1 The Pale Blue Data Point

2 Twenty Thousand Pings Under the Sea: In Search of Alien Oceans

3 Swimming with Stromatolites: The Hunt for Martian Fossils

4 The Arc of the Firmament: Mapping Exoplanets

5 To Catch a Falling Star: Meteorites and the Clues to Earth's Origin as a Life-Bearing Planet

6 So Long and Thanks for All the Fish: A Dolphin-Led Guide to Alien Communication

Acknowledgments

Further Travels

Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-226-82241-9

OCLC:

1535645106