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The Search for Life in the Universe

Autor Donald Goldsmith, Tobias C. Owen
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 mai 2006
The Search for Life in the Universe is now available in a completely updated Third Edition. This book presents astronomy from the standpoint of estimating the likelihood of extraterrestrial life and the possibilities of finding it. Thus the text covers the fundamentals of astronomy, the origins and evolution of life on Earth, the formation and present state of the sun's family of planets and moons, and the opportunities and limitations on interstellar travel and communication. The book's final chapters deal with the issue of UFO reports and with Enrico Fermi's famous question, 'Where is Everybody?' The book is suitable for college freshmen with no background in mathematics.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781891389160
ISBN-10: 1891389165
Pagini: 573
Dimensiuni: 195 x 260 x 33 mm
Greutate: 1.32 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: University Science Books
Locul publicării:Sausalito, United States

Cuprins

Why Do We Search?
The Search From the Human Perspective
The Universe
The Universe Small and Large
Galaxies and the Expanding Universe
The Birthplace of Stars
Stellar Energy Production
How Stars End Their Lives
Life
The Nature of Life on Earth
The Origin of Life
From Molecules to Minds
How Strange Can Life Be?
The Search for Life in the Solar System
The Origin and Early History of the Solar System
Venus
Mars
Is There Life on Mars?
The Giant Planets and Their Satellites
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Is Earth Unique
The Discovery of Extrasolar Planets
The Development of Extraterrestrial Civilizations
How Can We Communicate?
Interstellar Radio and Television Messages
Extraterrestrial Visitors to Earth?
Where is Everybody?

Notă biografică

DONALD GOLDSMITH has received the lifetime achievement award in popularising astronomy from the American Astronomical Society, the science writing award from the American Institute of Physics, and the Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts award for increasing public awareness of astronomy from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

TOBIAS OWEN was awarded the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement for his work on the Martian atmosphere with the Viking Landers in 1976 and led the group of Voyager scientists who discovered the rings of Jupiter in 1979. He is professor of astronomy at the University of Hawaii where he studies planets, satellites, and comets with the giant telescopes on Mauna Kea.

Caracteristici

1 A good general introduction to the search for extraterrestrial life
2 Covers fundamentals of the search for extraterrestrial life in an accessible manner
3 Deals with UFO reports