Life as we do not know it: the NASA search for (and synthesis of) alien life
Presents an examination of the possibilty of life that is alien to planet Earth, providing a discussion of the nature of life itself, its limits, what alien life might be like, and how it can be created artificially
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| Zusammenfassung: | Presents an examination of the possibilty of life that is alien to planet Earth, providing a discussion of the nature of life itself, its limits, what alien life might be like, and how it can be created artificially |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-278) and index |
| Beschreibung: | XXI, 298 S. Ill. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780143038498 9780670034581 |
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| adam_text | Life as We Do Not Know It
The NASA search for
(and synthesis of) alien life
Peter D Ward
VIKING
© 2008 AGI-Information Management Consultants
May be used for personal purporses only or by
libraries associated to dandelon com network
Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xvii
Chapter/ What Is Life? /
Chapter 2 What Is Earth Life? 24
Chapter 3 Life as We Do Not Know It 58
Chapter 4 A Recipe Book of Life 68
Chapter 5 The Artificial Synthesis of Life / / 9
Chapter 6 Are There Aliens Already on Earth? 135
Chapter 7 Panspermia: Why There May Be Aliens
Throughout the Solar System 142
Chapter 8 Mercury and Venus / 55
Chapter o Fossils on the Moon / 63
Chapter IO Mars / 74
Chapter I I Europa 197
xvi Contents
Chapter 12 Titan 215
Chapter 13 Implications, Ethics, and Dangers 235
Chapter 14 A Manifesto: Send Paleontologists
to Mars and Biochemists to Titan 247
Envoi: A Forest of Life? 254
References 25 7
Index 2 79
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