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Astrophysics of Life
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 34.00A new title in the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium series which details the astrophysical groundwork required for locating habitable places in the Universe. Written by leading scientists in the field, this is an indispensable collection of articles for research. more...
Civilizations Beyond Earth
Berghahn Books 2011; US$ 70.00Astronomers around the world are pointing their telescopes toward the heavens, searching for signs of intelligent life. If they make contact with an advanced alien civilization, how will humankind respond? In thinking about fi rst contact, the contributors to this volume present new empirical and theoretical research on the societal dimensions of the... more...
Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds
University of California Press 1990; US$ 19.95Surveying the night sky, a charming philosopher and his hostess, the Marquise, are considering thep ossibility of travelers from the moon. "What if they were skillful enough to navigate on the outer surface of our air, and from there, through their curiosity to see us, they angled for us like fish? Would that please you?" asks the philosopher. "Why... more...
E.T. Talk
Springer 2010; US$ 27.99Will it be possible to communicate with intelligent extraterrestrial life forms if we find them? How could we establish this communication, where would we begin? What does it mean to say that mathematics is a universal language? How could math be used to communicate with ETs? This book summarizes the work of SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence,... more...
Extraterrestrials
Cambridge University Press 1995; US$ 34.00Experts critically examine the belief that other intelligent life exists in our galaxy. more...
First Contact
Simon & Schuster 2011; US$ 16.00Are we alone in the universe? Almost certainly not. In First Contact, Marc Kaufman provides a gripping tour of the magnificent new science of astrobiology that is closing in on the discovery of extraterrestrial life. In recent decades, scientists generally held that the genesis of life was unique to Earth: It was too delicate a process, and the... more...
Here Be Dragons
Oxford University Press, USA 2000; US$ 39.99The discovery of life on other planets would be perhaps the most momentous revelation in human history, more disorienting and more profound than either the Copernican or Darwinian revolutions, which knocked the earth from the center of the universe and humankind from its position of lofty self-regard. In Here Be Dragons, astronomer David Koerner and... more...
Historical Eclipses and Earth's Rotation
Cambridge University Press 1997; US$ 58.00A scientist who has studied eclipses for many years tells their story and explains their importance today. more...
How Likely is Extraterrestrial Life?
Springer 2012; US$ 39.99What does existing scientific knowledge about physics, chemistry, meteorology and biology tell us about the likelihood of extraterrestrial life and civilizations? And what does the fact that there is currently no credible scientific evidence for the existence of extraterrestrial biospheres or civilizations teach us? This book reviews the various scientific... more...
Lonely Minds in the Universe
Springer 2007; US$ 21.99The possibility that humans are not alone in the Universe and might in the future come in close contact with other intelligences is one of the most intriguing questions of human history. This book deals with this subject, giving the scientific and technological implications and discussing the philosophical and religious connotations. more...









