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"Quite possibly the best astrobiology text available." -- International Journal of Astrobiology
"Teachers and students everywhere of wildly popular courses on life in the universe should rejoice to see this." -- Frank Shu, University of California at Berkeley
"a welcome and timely update of what has become a classic text." -- Karen B. Kwitter, Williams College
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Long recognized as the "Gold Standard" text for astrobiology courses, The Search for Life in the Universe now appears in a completely revised and updated Third Edition. This book engages students in astronomy by presenting a great, unsolved mystery: How likely is life beyond earth, and how can we find it if it exists? The text covers the fundamentals of astronomy and astrophysics, including the discovery of more than 55 planets around other stars, and also provides an overview of biology, geology, evolution, and the possibilities of interstellar travel and communication. Written for readers with no background in mathematics, the book includes 24 color insert pages and brilliantly rendered illustrations by Jon Lomberg.
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"Quite possibly the best astrobiology text available." -- International Journal of Astrobiology
"Teachers and students everywhere of wildly popular courses on life in the universe should rejoice to see this." -- Frank Shu, University of California at Berkeley
"a welcome and timely update of what has become a classic text." -- Karen B. Kwitter, Williams College
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Long recognized as the "Gold Standard" text for astrobiology courses, The Search for Life in the Universe now appears in a completely revised and updated Third Edition. This book engages students in astronomy by presenting a great, unsolved mystery: How likely is life beyond earth, and how can we find it if it exists? The text covers the fundamentals of astronomy and astrophysics, including the discovery of more than 55 planets around other stars, and also provides an overview of biology, geology, evolution, and the possibilities of interstellar travel and communication. Written for readers with no background in mathematics, the book includes 24 color insert pages and brilliantly rendered illustrations by Jon Lomberg.
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THROUGHOUT HISTORY, humans have speculated about the variety of intelligent beings that might exist in the heavens. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
liberate kinetic energy, average civilization, new kinetic energy, pyrolitic release, rocky inner planets, radio photons, giant spiral galaxy, extrasolar planets, message probes, parallax shift, sunlike stars, greater distance from the sun, early bombardment, interstellar communication, may orbit, martian microbes, neighboring civilizations, interstellar messages, icy planetesimals, synchrotron process, habitable zone, automated spacecraft, planet with life, interstellar spacecraft, martian soil Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Color Plate, Alpha Centauri, United States, Mars Global Surveyor, Carl Sagan, Frank Drake, Cambridge University Press, Great Red Spot, Proxima Centauri, Hubble Space Telescope, Orion Nebula, Local Group, Basic Books, Epsilon Eridani, Fred Hoyle, Percival Lowell, Random House, Albert Einstein, Pioneer Venus, Andrew Chaikin, Charles Darwin, Congressman Conte, European Space Agency, Large Magellanic Cloud New!
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THROUGHOUT HISTORY, humans have speculated about the variety of intelligent beings that might exist in the heavens. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
liberate kinetic energy, average civilization, new kinetic energy, pyrolitic release, rocky inner planets, radio photons, giant spiral galaxy, extrasolar planets, message probes, parallax shift, sunlike stars, greater distance from the sun, early bombardment, interstellar communication, may orbit, martian microbes, neighboring civilizations, interstellar messages, icy planetesimals, synchrotron process, habitable zone, automated spacecraft, planet with life, interstellar spacecraft, martian soil Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Color Plate, Alpha Centauri, United States, Mars Global Surveyor, Carl Sagan, Frank Drake, Cambridge University Press, Great Red Spot, Proxima Centauri, Hubble Space Telescope, Orion Nebula, Local Group, Basic Books, Epsilon Eridani, Fred Hoyle, Percival Lowell, Random House, Albert Einstein, Pioneer Venus, Andrew Chaikin, Charles Darwin, Congressman Conte, European Space Agency, Large Magellanic Cloud New!
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- The Solar System (Discovery Channel School Science) by Lorraine Hopping Egan on 5 pages
- Planetary System, The (3rd Edition) by David Morrison on 5 pages
- The Solar System (3 Vol Set) (Magill's Choice) by Roger Smith on 4 pages
- Here Be Dragons: The Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial Life by David Koerner on page 416, page 440, and page 532
- The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by National Aeronautics & Space Administrat on page 482, page 509, and Back Matter
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- Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe by Peter Ward on page 213, and page 270
- Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe by Peter Ward on page 213, and page 270
- Evolution: Facts and Fallacies by J. William Schopf on page 138, and page 140
- Alien Life: The Search For Extraterrestrials And Beyond by Barry Parker in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Discovering the Cosmos by Robert C. Bless on page 323, and page 713
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