First contact
Subtitle: scientific breakthroughs in the hunt for life beyond Earth
By: Marc Kaufman
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9781439109007; 9781439130308; 9781439109014
Subjects: Extrasolarer Planet; Au©erirdisches Leben; Habitable planets; Life on other planets
Description: Kaufman details the incredible true story of science's search for the beginnings of life on Earth and the probability that it exists elsewhere in the universe.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-206) and index.
Table of contents: title: The biggest discovery of them all; title: Really extreme life; title: What makes something alive?; title: The spark of life; title: On the trail of life on Mars; title: Three eurekas on hold; title: Planet-hunting; title: Life and the laws of physics; title: Far-flung intelligent worlds; title: The day after first contact.