03438nam 2200745 450 991045087360332120211005203552.00-19-803337-01-280-83117-00-19-535175-4(CKB)1000000000411948(EBL)430504(OCoLC)609830123(SSID)ssj0000170446(PQKBManifestationID)12039079(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000170446(PQKBWorkID)10223996(PQKB)10101546(SSID)ssj0000298533(PQKBManifestationID)12134003(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000298533(PQKBWorkID)10364119(PQKB)10975812(MiAaPQ)EBC4702138(MiAaPQ)EBC430504(Au-PeEL)EBL4702138(CaPaEBR)ebr11273435(CaONFJC)MIL83117(OCoLC)962452242(MiAaPQ)EBC2012790(Au-PeEL)EBL2012790(OCoLC)958511059(EXLCZ)99100000000041194820161012h20002000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHere be dragons the scientific quest for extraterrestrial life /David Koerner, Simon LeVayOxford, [England] ;New York, New York :Oxford University Press,2000.©20001 online resource (281 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-514600-X 0-19-512852-4 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Origins: How Life on Earth Began; 2 Going to Extremes: The Habitats and Requirements for Life; 3 The Incredible Shrinking Martians: Searching for Life in the Solar System; 4 The Death and Life of Stars: Organic Molecules and the Evolution of Solar Systems; 5 The Planet Finders: Searching for Life Beyond the Sun; 6 What Happens in Evolution? Chance and Necessity in the Origin of Biological Complexity; COLOR PLATES; 7 SETI: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence; 8 Dreamland: The Science and Religion of UFOs; 9 Exotica: Life as We Don't Know It10 Many Worlds: Cosmology and the Anthropic PrincipleConclusions; Notes; IndexThe discovery of life on other planets would be perhaps the most momentous revelation in human history, more disorienting and more profound than either the Copernican or Darwinian revolutions, which knocked the earth from the center of the universe and humankind from its position of lofty self-regard. In Here Be Dragons, astronomer David Koerner and neurobiologist Simon LeVay offer a scientifically compelling and colorful account of the search for life beyond Earth. The authors survey the work of biologists, cosmologists, computer theorists, NASA engineers, SETI researchers, roboticists, and ULife on other planetsLifeOriginElectronic books.Life on other planets.LifeOrigin.576.8/39Koerner David1046089LeVay SimonMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450873603321Here be dragons2472778UNINA