Intelligent life in the universe
Subtitle: from common origins to the future of humanity
By: Peter Ulmschneider
Series: Advances in astrobiology and biogeophysics
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Life -- Origin; Life on other planets
Description: "This book addresses the origins, development and fate of extraterrestrial intelligent life in the universe. The author presents a wide-ranging analysis of the type of knowledge that can be inferred about extraterrestrial intelligent societies from our own biological, cultural and scientific evolution, and from the likely future of mankind.

Providing extensive background information from astronomy, geology, chemistry and biology, the book will appeal to both the scientist and the general reader."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-240)