Xtl: Extraterrestrial Life and How to Find It: Life in Space and How to Find it - Hardcover

Goodwin, Simon; Gribbin, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0304358975 ISBN 13: 9780304358977

Verlag: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Are we alone in the Universe? The best scientists are searching hard for the answer--and may be just around the corner from finding it. Two top astronomers (and bestselling authors) take a cutting-edge look at how life itself develops, survives, evolves, becomes intelligent, and where it might exist in outer space. Illustrated with breathtaking photos and state-of-the-art graphics, this thrilling story reveals a newfound understanding of the conditions that fostered life on Earth, how stars and planets are formed, the specific qualities of the Sun and planets in our solar system, and the techniques required to observe phenomena outside of our system. The fascinating advances in technology and information revealed here could enable us to locate extraterrestrials within the next twenty years!

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John Gribbin has a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Cambridge, and is now Visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex and consultant to New Scientist. His books have been translated into many languages, and have won awards in both Britain and the United States. He also writes science fiction. John Gribbin was born in1946 in Maidstone, Kent. Having worked at Nature and The New Scientist since 1993 he has been a Visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex, where he has worked on the problem of determining the age of the universe. He now lives in Newhaven. Simon Goodwin was born in Sheffield in 1971. After finishing his PhD in Astronomy he became a researcher at the University of Sussex and is now at the University of Cardiff where he works on the formation of stars. His first book was Hubble's Universe. Since then he has written three books with John Gribbin, the most recent being Deep Space.

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• Verlag: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0304358975
• ISBN 13: 9780304358977
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 191
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