LEADER 02708nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910462844903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-92469-2 010 $a0-19-150614-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000315442 035 $a(EBL)1107728 035 $a(OCoLC)823719591 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000803716 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12305167 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000803716 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10810763 035 $a(PQKB)10345789 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1107728 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1107728 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642332 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL423719 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000315442 100 $a19980511d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe search for extraterrestrial life$b[electronic resource] $eessays on science and technology /$fedited by P. Day 210 $aOxford [England] ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1998 215 $a1 online resource (191 p.) 225 1 $aProceedings of the Royal Institution 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-850414-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aThis volume of selected Evening Discourses from the Royal Institution offers an authoritative and accessible summary of current thinking in many areas of science and technology. The subjects are wide-ranging, from studies of Venus and what they tell us about the Earth, the history and possible future of television, to the interface between art and science - using spectroscopy to analyse the pigments in Medieval manuscripts. Will we be able to build machines with molecular-basedmemories? How do you deal with an historic tower `founded on jelly and slowly inclining to the point at which it is ab 410 0$aProceedings of the Royal Institution 606 $aLife on other planets 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLife on other planets. 676 $a576.8/39 701 $aDay$b P$020855 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462844903321 996 $aThe search for extraterrestrial life$91982135 997 $aUNINA