How Likely is Extraterrestrial Life?
What does existing scientific knowledge about physics, chemistry, meteorology and biology tell us about the likelihood of extraterrestrial life and civilizations? And what does the fact that there is currently no credible scientific evidence for the existence of extraterrestrial biospheres or civili...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Jezik: | Anglais |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2012.
Cham : Springer Nature |
| Serija: | SpringerBriefs in Astronomy
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • How Likely Is Extraterrestrial Life ?, J. Woods Halley, Heidelberg, Springer, 2012, 1 vol. (IX-151 p.), Springer Briefs in astronomy, 978-3-642-22753-0 • How Likely is Extraterrestrial Life?, Texte imprimé, 9783642227554 |
Kazalo:
- 1.Introduction
- I. Bottom Up : What we learn from Basic Science About the Likelihood of Extraterrestrial Life
- 2. Astrophysical Factors
- 3. Planetary Considerations
- 4. Biological Factors
- II. Top Down : What we learn from the failure of attempts to detect Extraterrestrial Life
- 5. Unidentified Flying Objects
- 6. Colonization and Panspermia
- 7. Electromagnetic ( SETI) Searches
- 8. Direct Searches for Primitive forms of Life
- 9. Policy, Ethical and Other Implications
- 10. Appendices
- Subject Index.