LEADER 04744nam 22007695 450 001 9910300420503321 005 20200702131751.0 010 $a3-319-10419-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-10419-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000249048 035 $a(EBL)1968103 035 $a(OCoLC)908088490 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001354047 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11764803 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001354047 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11317112 035 $a(PQKB)11307589 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-10419-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1968103 035 $a(PPN)181353644 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000249048 100 $a20140927d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAstrobiological Neurosystems $eRise and Fall of Intelligent Life Forms in the Universe /$fby Jerry L. Cranford 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (211 p.) 225 1 $aAstronomers' Universe,$x1614-659X 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-10418-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface -- Scientists believe intelligent life may be more common in the universe than previously considered possible -- When will mankind achieve ?First Contact? with extraterrestrial life forms -- If our nervous system is not the only one that exists in the universe, where are the others and how do we identify them?- Evolution of intelligent nervous systems on other worlds in the universe -- Are biological nervous systems just the first step in the rise of intelligence in the universe? -- Just how hostile is our universe to the development and survival of Life Forms? -- Some Final Thoughts from this ?amateur? astronomer on mankind?s imminent discovery that we are not alone in the Universe -- References and further suggested readings -- Index. 330 $aThis book explains why scientists believe that life may be more common in the Universe than previously considered possible. It presents the tools and strategies astronomers and astrobiologists are using in their formal search for habitable exoplanets as well as more advanced forms of life in other parts of our galaxy. The author then summarizes what is currently known about how and where organic molecules critical to our form of carbon-based life are manufactured. The core of the book explains (and presents educated guesses) how nervous systems evolved on Earth, how they work, and how they might work on other worlds. Combining his knowledge of neuroscience, computers, and astrobiology the author jumps into the discussion whether biological nervous systems are just the first step in the rise of intelligence in the Universe. The book ends with a description from both the psychologist?s and the neuroscientist?s viewpoints, exactly what it is about the fields of astrobiology and astronomy that ?boggles the minds? of many amateur astronomers and interested non-scientists. This book stands out from other popular science books on astrobiology by making the point that ?astro-neurobiologists? need to begin thinking about how alien nervous systems might work. 410 0$aAstronomers' Universe,$x1614-659X 606 $aAstronomy 606 $aAstrobiology 606 $aLife sciences 606 $aNeurobiology 606 $aBehavioral sciences 606 $aPopular Science in Astronomy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q11009 606 $aAstrobiology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22057 606 $aPopular Life Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q25000 606 $aNeurobiology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L25066 606 $aBehavioral Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L13009 615 0$aAstronomy. 615 0$aAstrobiology. 615 0$aLife sciences. 615 0$aNeurobiology. 615 0$aBehavioral sciences. 615 14$aPopular Science in Astronomy. 615 24$aAstrobiology. 615 24$aPopular Life Sciences. 615 24$aNeurobiology. 615 24$aBehavioral Sciences. 676 $a576.839 700 $aCranford$b Jerry L$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0792224 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910300420503321 996 $aAstrobiological Neurosystems$91771466 997 $aUNINA