The search for aliens : a rough guide to life on other worlds / by Piers Bizony.
Publication details: London : Rough Guides, 2012.Description: ix, 260 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781405383240
- 1405383240
- 576.839 23
- QB54 .B59 2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
A guide to the most exciting field of modern science: the search for extraterrestrial life. It identifies, locates, and describes the research projects; everything from radio dishes searching for intelligent alien signals to deep oceanic research, seeking links between terrestrial organisms and the broader cosmos -- Source other than Library of Congress.
A plurality of worlds -- Aliens of the imagination -- The origins of life -- The hunt for life on Mars -- Mars reawakens -- If not Mars, where? -- The cosmic haystack -- Listening for a signal -- The planet hunters -- Intelligent civilizations -- The long road to the stars -- Kidnapped by aliens -- The bigger picture.