LEADER 03438nam 2200745 450 001 9910450873603321 005 20211005203552.0 010 $a0-19-803337-0 010 $a1-280-83117-0 010 $a0-19-535175-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000411948 035 $a(EBL)430504 035 $a(OCoLC)609830123 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000170446 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12039079 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000170446 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10223996 035 $a(PQKB)10101546 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000298533 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12134003 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000298533 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10364119 035 $a(PQKB)10975812 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4702138 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430504 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4702138 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11273435 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL83117 035 $a(OCoLC)962452242 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2012790 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2012790 035 $a(OCoLC)958511059 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000411948 100 $a20161012h20002000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHere be dragons $ethe scientific quest for extraterrestrial life /$fDavid Koerner, Simon LeVay 210 1$aOxford, [England] ;$aNew York, New York :$cOxford University Press,$d2000. 210 4$dİ2000 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-514600-X 311 $a0-19-512852-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aContents; 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 It 327 $a10 Many Worlds: Cosmology and the Anthropic PrincipleConclusions; Notes; Index 330 $aThe 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 U 606 $aLife on other planets 606 $aLife$xOrigin 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLife on other planets. 615 0$aLife$xOrigin. 676 $a576.8/39 700 $aKoerner$b David$01046089 702 $aLeVay$b Simon 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450873603321 996 $aHere be dragons$92472778 997 $aUNINA