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UNINA9910462844903321 |
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Titolo |
The search for extraterrestrial life [[electronic resource] ] : essays on science and technology / / edited by P. Day |
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Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-92469-2 |
0-19-150614-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (191 p.) |
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Collana |
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Proceedings of the Royal Institution |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Life on other planets |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of plates; List of contributors; The search for extraterrestrial life-and the future of life on Earth; Magellan looks at Venus; Meteorites: messengers from the past; Television beyond the Millenium; Molecular information processing: Will it happen?; 'There or thereabouts'; Pondering on Pisa; An arts/science interface: medieval manuscripts, pigments, and spectroscopy; The Royal Institution |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume of selected Evening Discourses from the Royal Institution offers an authoritative and accessible summary of current thinking in many areas of science and technology. The subjects are wide-ranging, from studies of Venus and what they tell us about the Earth, the history and possible future of television, to the interface between art and science - using spectroscopy to analyse the pigments in Medieval manuscripts. Will we be able to build machines with molecular-basedmemories? How do you deal with an historic tower `founded on jelly and slowly inclining to the point at which it is ab |
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