Extraterrestrial life |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : color illustration |
Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
Collana | Contemporary issues companion Extraterrestrial life |
Soggetto topico |
Life on other planets
Human-alien encounters Interstellar communication Astronomy & Astrophysics Physical Sciences & Mathematics Astronomical Observatories & Instruments |
Soggetto genere / forma | Bibliographies. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910708298403321 |
[Place of publication not identified], : Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale, 2006 | ||
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The extraterrestrial life debate, antiquity to 1915 [[electronic resource] ] : a source book / / edited with commentary by Michael J. Crowe |
Autore | Crowe Michael J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (577 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
Soggetto topico |
Life on other planets
Plurality of worlds |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-268-07679-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458038303321 |
Crowe Michael J
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The extraterrestrial life debate, antiquity to 1915 [[electronic resource] ] : a source book / / edited with commentary by Michael J. Crowe |
Autore | Crowe Michael J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (577 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
Soggetto topico |
Life on other planets
Plurality of worlds |
ISBN | 0-268-07679-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791697603321 |
Crowe Michael J
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The extraterrestrial life debate, antiquity to 1915 [[electronic resource] ] : a source book / / edited with commentary by Michael J. Crowe |
Autore | Crowe Michael J |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (577 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
Soggetto topico |
Life on other planets
Plurality of worlds |
ISBN | 0-268-07679-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Half title -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- PREFACE -- Part One: ANTIQUITY TO NEWTON -- One: THE DEBATE IN ANTIQUITY -- Two: FROM AUGUSTINE TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY -- Three: FROM COPERNICUS TO BRUNO -- Four: GALILEO, KEPLER, DESCARTES, AND PASCAL -- Five: FONTENELLE AND HUYGENS -- Six: NEWTON, BENTLEY, AND DERHAM -- Part Two: THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- Seven: ASTRONOMERS AND EXTRATERRESTRIALS -- Eight: EXTRATERRESTRIALS AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT -- Part Three: FROM 1800 TO 1860 -- Nine: INTENSIFICATION OF THE DEBATE AFTER 1800 -- Ten: BEFORE THE WHEWELL DEBATE -- Eleven: WHEWELL'S OF THE PLURALITY OF WORLDS AND RESPONSES -- Part Four: FROM 1860 TO 1915 -- Twelve: NEW APPROACHES TO AN ANCIENT QUESTION -- Thirteen: THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- Fourteen: THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE CANALS OF MARS -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- PERMISSIONS -- INDEX. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819719303321 |
Crowe Michael J
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Here be dragons : the scientific quest for extraterrestrial life / / David Koerner, Simon LeVay |
Autore | Koerner David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
Soggetto topico |
Life on other planets
Life - Origin |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-803337-0
1-280-83117-0 0-19-535175-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
10 Many Worlds: Cosmology and the Anthropic PrincipleConclusions; Notes; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450873603321 |
Koerner David
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Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000 | ||
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Here be dragons : the scientific quest for extraterrestrial life / / David Koerner, Simon LeVay |
Autore | Koerner David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
Soggetto topico |
Life on other planets
Life - Origin |
ISBN |
0-19-773229-1
0-19-803337-0 1-280-83117-0 0-19-535175-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
10 Many Worlds: Cosmology and the Anthropic PrincipleConclusions; Notes; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777029203321 |
Koerner David
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Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000 | ||
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Here be dragons : the scientific quest for extraterrestrial life / / David Koerner, Simon LeVay |
Autore | Koerner David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
Soggetto topico |
Life on other planets
Life - Origin |
ISBN |
0-19-773229-1
0-19-803337-0 1-280-83117-0 0-19-535175-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
10 Many Worlds: Cosmology and the Anthropic PrincipleConclusions; Notes; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820555503321 |
Koerner David
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Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000 | ||
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Life in space [[electronic resource] ] : astrobiology for everyone / / Lucas John Mix |
Autore | Mix Lucas John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
Soggetto topico | Exobiology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-674-05428-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Caught up in life -- Living science -- Defining life -- A well-behaved universe -- Well-behaved observers? -- Life in the cosmos -- Life among the stars -- The planetary phenomenon -- The inner solar system -- The outer solar system -- Extrasolar planets -- Life and time -- Making cells from scratch -- Building biospheres -- Molecules -- Metabolism -- The tree of life -- Exceptions -- Intelligence -- The story of life. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460167203321 |
Mix Lucas John
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009 | ||
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Life in space [[electronic resource] ] : astrobiology for everyone / / Lucas John Mix |
Autore | Mix Lucas John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
Soggetto topico | Exobiology |
ISBN | 0-674-05428-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Caught up in life -- Living science -- Defining life -- A well-behaved universe -- Well-behaved observers? -- Life in the cosmos -- Life among the stars -- The planetary phenomenon -- The inner solar system -- The outer solar system -- Extrasolar planets -- Life and time -- Making cells from scratch -- Building biospheres -- Molecules -- Metabolism -- The tree of life -- Exceptions -- Intelligence -- The story of life. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785012303321 |
Mix Lucas John
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009 | ||
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Life in space [[electronic resource] ] : astrobiology for everyone / / Lucas John Mix |
Autore | Mix Lucas John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
Soggetto topico | Exobiology |
ISBN | 0-674-05428-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Caught up in life -- Living science -- Defining life -- A well-behaved universe -- Well-behaved observers? -- Life in the cosmos -- Life among the stars -- The planetary phenomenon -- The inner solar system -- The outer solar system -- Extrasolar planets -- Life and time -- Making cells from scratch -- Building biospheres -- Molecules -- Metabolism -- The tree of life -- Exceptions -- Intelligence -- The story of life. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810871003321 |
Mix Lucas John
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009 | ||
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