Lonely planets : the natural philosophy of alien life /: the natural philosophy of alien life. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Grinspoon.
• Other Names: Grinspoon, David Harry
• Contents: Preface -- History: Spirits from the vasty deep -- Plurality of worlds -- Wobbly ladder to the stars -- Planets at last -- Science: Greatest story ever told -- Earth birth -- Life itself -- Childhood -- So what? -- Lives of planets -- Venus and Mars -- Growing up with Europa -- Enter the exoplanets -- Exobiology: Life on the fringe -- Astrobiology -- Is it science yet? -- Living worlds -- Belief: SETI: Sounds of silence -- Fermi's paradox -- Have you seen the saucers? -- Cons, piracies, conspiracies -- Believing is seeing -- Immortals -- astrotheology -- Notes on sources and suggestions for further reading -- Credits and permissions -- Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : HarperCollins e-books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (480 pages)
• Subjects: 576.8/39; Life on other planets; Life on other planets; Außerirdisches Leben; Forschung; Geschichte 1600-2000; Kosmogonie; Öffentliche Meinung
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780061748615; 0061748617
• Related ISBNs: 9780060959968
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.