The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens – and Ourselves
Autor Arik Kershenbaumen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iun 2021
DISCOVER HOW LIFE REALLY WORKS - ON EARTH AND IN SPACE
'A wonderfully insightful sidelong look at Earthly biology'Richard Dawkins
'Crawls with curious facts'Sunday Times
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We are unprepared for the greatest discovery of modern science. Scientists are confident that there is alien life across the universe yet we have not moved beyond our perception of 'aliens' as Hollywood stereotypes. The time has come to abandon our fixation on alien monsters and place our expectations on solid scientific footing.
Using his own expert understanding of life on Earth and Darwin's theory of evolution - which applies throughout the universe - Cambridge zoologist Dr Arik Kershenbaum explains what alien life must be like. This is the story of how life really works, on Earth and in space.
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'An entertaining,eye-opening and, above all, a hopeful view of what - or who - might be out there in the cosmos'Philip Ball, author ofNature's Patterns
'A fascinating insight into the deepest of questions: what might an alienactuallylook like'Lewis Dartnell, author ofOrigins
'If you don't want to be surprised by extraterrestrial life, look no further than this lively overview of the laws of evolution that have produced life on earth'Frans de Waal, author ofMama's Last Hug
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241986844
ISBN-10: 0241986842
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241986842
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Dr
Arik
Kershenbaumis
a
zoologist,
College
Lecturer,
and
Fellow
at
Girton
College,
University
of
Cambridge.
He
has
researched
animal
vocal
communication
for
the
past
ten
years
in
Europe,
Israel
and
the
United
States
and
has
published
more
than
twenty
academic
publications
on
the
topic.
He
is
also
a
member
of
the
international
board
of
advisors
for
METI.org,
a
think
tank
on
the
topic
of
Messaging
Extra
Terrestrial
Intelligence.
This
is
his
first
trade
book.
Recenzii
I
loveThe
Zoologist's
Guide
to
the
Galaxyby
Arik
Kershenbaum.
Although
it
sets
out
to
be
(and
is)
about
alien
life,
what
emerges
is
a
wonderfully
insightful
sidelong
look
at
Earthly
biology
If you don't want to be surprised by extraterrestrial life, look no further than this lively overview of the laws of evolution that have produced life on earth.
A fun, and thoroughly biological, exploration of possible and impossible alien beings. If you'd love to know what real aliens from other planets might really be like, this is the book for you
Surveying the deep-time of evolution on Earth and his own cutting-edge research into animal communication, Kershenbaum provides a fascinating insight into the deepest of questions: what might an alienactuallylook like
When we search for aliens, what are we searching for? If life exists on other worlds, it might look very different to life 'as we know it', but Arik Kershenbaum makes a persuasive and entertaining case that we needn't be completely in the dark. There aresomerules that all beings with a claim to be alive must observe, and for which life on our planet can serve as a guide. This is an eye-opening and, above all, a hopeful view of what - or who - might be out there in the cosmos
Evolutionary theory helps us explain patterns in the past, and combined with a rich understanding of natural history and biodiversity, predict what might be discovered in the future. Arik Kershenbaum takes us on a joyous voyage of animal diversity and illustrates the singular importance of natural selection in explaining life - here on Earth - and what will likely be discovered throughout the galaxy. A stimulating read!
This is no mere frivolous exercise in arm-waving (or tentacle-waving) and baseless speculation. Instead, what emerges is a fascinating plunge into the deep-time history of life on Earth and animal evolution in all its glorious diversity . . . To comprehend the alien is to know thyself
The book crawls with curious facts . . . [Kershenbaum] is fascinating on how aliens might communicate
A wonderful mix of science-based speculation and entertaining whimsy
If you don't want to be surprised by extraterrestrial life, look no further than this lively overview of the laws of evolution that have produced life on earth.
A fun, and thoroughly biological, exploration of possible and impossible alien beings. If you'd love to know what real aliens from other planets might really be like, this is the book for you
Surveying the deep-time of evolution on Earth and his own cutting-edge research into animal communication, Kershenbaum provides a fascinating insight into the deepest of questions: what might an alienactuallylook like
When we search for aliens, what are we searching for? If life exists on other worlds, it might look very different to life 'as we know it', but Arik Kershenbaum makes a persuasive and entertaining case that we needn't be completely in the dark. There aresomerules that all beings with a claim to be alive must observe, and for which life on our planet can serve as a guide. This is an eye-opening and, above all, a hopeful view of what - or who - might be out there in the cosmos
Evolutionary theory helps us explain patterns in the past, and combined with a rich understanding of natural history and biodiversity, predict what might be discovered in the future. Arik Kershenbaum takes us on a joyous voyage of animal diversity and illustrates the singular importance of natural selection in explaining life - here on Earth - and what will likely be discovered throughout the galaxy. A stimulating read!
This is no mere frivolous exercise in arm-waving (or tentacle-waving) and baseless speculation. Instead, what emerges is a fascinating plunge into the deep-time history of life on Earth and animal evolution in all its glorious diversity . . . To comprehend the alien is to know thyself
The book crawls with curious facts . . . [Kershenbaum] is fascinating on how aliens might communicate
A wonderful mix of science-based speculation and entertaining whimsy