Life on Other Worlds

Discusses the development of ideas about life on other planets in science, literature, and the popular imagination, the SETI program, and the implications of the questions for religion, philosophy, and other fields

Klappentext
Lucid and accessible, this otherworldly guide chronicles the history of the 20th century obsession with extraterrestrials.

Zusammenfassung
Life on Other Worlds places the twentieth century extraterrestrial life debate in historical perspective. It covers a broad range of topics, ranging from the search for life in the solar system to the search for planetary systems, the origins of life, UFOs, and aliens in science fiction.

Inhalt
List of illustrations; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. From the physical world to the biological universe: Democritus to Lowell; 2. Life in the solar system; 3. Solar systems beyond; 4. Extraterrestrials in literature and the arts: the role of imagination; 5. The UFO controversy and the extraterrestrial hypothesis; 6. The origin and evolution of life in the extraterrestrial context; 7. SETI: the search for extraterrestrial intelligence; 8. The meaning of life; 9. Summary and conclusion: the biological universe; Select bibliographical essay; Index.

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