The search for extraterrestrial life [[electronic resource] ] : essays on science and technology / / edited by P. Day

• Pubblicazione: Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 p.)
• Disciplina: 576.8/39
• Soggetto topico: Life on other planets
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: DayP
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Institution
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The search for extraterrestrial life
• ISBN: 1-283-92469-2; 0-19-150614-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462844903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Proceedings of the Royal Institution