Talking About Life

by Chris Impey

Book Overview

With over 500 planets now known to exist beyond the Solar System, spacecraft heading for Mars, and the ongoing search for extraterrestrial intelligence, this timely book explores current ideas about the search for life in the Universe. It contains candid interviews with dozens of astronomers, geologists, biologists, and writers about the origin and range of terrestrial life and likely sites for life beyond Earth. The interviewees discuss what we've...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521514924
• ISBN13: 9780521514927
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 10.0"