02708nam 2200565 a 450 991046284490332120200520144314.01-283-92469-20-19-150614-1(CKB)2670000000315442(EBL)1107728(OCoLC)823719591(SSID)ssj0000803716(PQKBManifestationID)12305167(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000803716(PQKBWorkID)10810763(PQKB)10345789(MiAaPQ)EBC1107728(Au-PeEL)EBL1107728(CaPaEBR)ebr10642332(CaONFJC)MIL423719(EXLCZ)99267000000031544219980511d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe search for extraterrestrial life[electronic resource] essays on science and technology /edited by P. DayOxford [England] ;New York Oxford University Press19981 online resource (191 p.)Proceedings of the Royal InstitutionDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-850414-4 Includes bibliographical references.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 InstitutionThis 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 abProceedings of the Royal InstitutionLife on other planetsElectronic books.Life on other planets.576.8/39Day P20855MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462844903321The search for extraterrestrial life1982135UNINA