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This is the first book to attempt a full account of NASA's August 1996 announcement that an ancient Martian meteorite discovered in Antarctica may contain evidence of extraterrestrial life. Goldsmith treads carefully, knowing full well that this purported finding could become the cold fusion phenomenon of the 1990s--bogus science that misleads the public. The book shows several signs of its hasty composition, but such is the price of beating the competition to market. Mars fans may also want to examine The Case for Mars by Robert Zubrin and Are We Alone? by Paul Davies.
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While this book understandably focuses on the now-famous Martian meteorite purported to harbor signs of ancient organisms?which would make it the first evidence of extraterrestrial life?respected astronomer Goldsmith (The Astronomers, LJ 3/15/91) is as keen for his readers to understand the scientific process involved in this discovery. He employs a sometimes distracting though generally useful analogy of a Simpson-like trial to describe the burden of proof that must be met by the scientists behind the startling August 1996 announcement. The history of the rock, from its formation on Mars and its discovery on Antarctica to its eventual identification, is effectively and succinctly related, leaving room for other quite valuable and interesting material on origin-of-life theories, the possibility of current life on Mars, and future missions to the continuously fascinating, surprising Red Planet. Recommended for popular science collections.?Patrick Dunn, East Tennessee State Univ. Libs., Johnson City
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This is the first book to attempt a full account of NASA's August 1996 announcement that an ancient Martian meteorite discovered in Antarctica may contain evidence of extraterrestrial life. Goldsmith treads carefully, knowing full well that this purported finding could become the cold fusion phenomenon of the 1990s--bogus science that misleads the public. The book shows several signs of its hasty composition, but such is the price of beating the competition to market. Mars fans may also want to examine The Case for Mars by Robert Zubrin and Are We Alone? by Paul Davies.
From Library Journal
While this book understandably focuses on the now-famous Martian meteorite purported to harbor signs of ancient organisms?which would make it the first evidence of extraterrestrial life?respected astronomer Goldsmith (The Astronomers, LJ 3/15/91) is as keen for his readers to understand the scientific process involved in this discovery. He employs a sometimes distracting though generally useful analogy of a Simpson-like trial to describe the burden of proof that must be met by the scientists behind the startling August 1996 announcement. The history of the rock, from its formation on Mars and its discovery on Antarctica to its eventual identification, is effectively and succinctly related, leaving room for other quite valuable and interesting material on origin-of-life theories, the possibility of current life on Mars, and future missions to the continuously fascinating, surprising Red Planet. Recommended for popular science collections.?Patrick Dunn, East Tennessee State Univ. Libs., Johnson City
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- Origins of Life: Biblical and Evolutionary Models Face Off by Fazale Rana on page 90, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Planetary Dreams: The Quest to Discover Life Beyond Earth by Robert Shapiro on page 282, and Back Matter
- Evolution: Facts and Fallacies by J. William Schopf on page 116, and page 140
- The Unity of Nature: Wholeness and Disintegration in Ecology and Science by Alan Marshall on page 82, and Back Matter
- Planetary Dreams: The Quest to Discover Life Beyond Earth by Robert Shapiro in Back Matter (1), and