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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Berlin, Heidelberg :
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2012.
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22754-7 Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
Table of Contents:
- 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.