First contact : scientific breakthroughs in the hunt for life beyond Earth / Marc Kaufman.
By: Kaufman, Marc.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, c2011Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-206) and index.Description: vii, 213 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781439109007 (hardcover); 1439109001 (hardcover); 9781439130308 (ebook); 1439130302 (ebook); 143910901X (pbk.); 9781439109014 (pbk.).Subject(s): Life on other planets | Habitable planetsDDC classification: 576.8/39Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 576.839 K162 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003135852 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-206) and index.
The biggest discovery of them all -- Really extreme life -- What makes something alive? -- The spark of life -- On the trail of life on Mars -- Three eurekas on hold -- Planet-hunting -- Life and the laws of physics -- Far-flung intelligent worlds -- The day after first contact.
Kaufman details the incredible true story of science's search for the beginnings of life on Earth and the probability that it exists elsewhere in the universe.
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