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Faint Echoes, Distant Stars The Science and Politics of Finding Life Beyond Earth

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ISBN-10: 038097519X

ISBN-13: 9780380975198

Edition: 2004

Authors: Ben Bova

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List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 2/17/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Prologue: Author to Reader
The Path to Astrobiology
Are We Alone?
Time and the Tide of Opinion
The Three Requirements of Life
The Extreme Road to Astrobiology
The Great Mindshift: Exobiology Becomes Astrobiology
The Path to Life on Earth
The Birth of Our Solar System
The Birth of Our World
Nature's Enforcers
The Birth of Life
Opportunistic, Tenacious Life
Life's Impact on Planet Earth
Life in the Solar System
A Model Planet Called Mars
Exploring Mars
Hotworlds and False Assumptions
The Realm of the Giants
The Realm of Ice
Life Beyond the Solar System
Extrasolar Planets: Good News and Bad News
The Heartbreak of SETI
UFOs, Abductions, and Ancient Astronauts
Tomorrow
Epilogue: An Agenda for the Future
Postscript: The Apocalypse to Come
Appendices
Units and Conversions
Refractors and Reflectors
Cosmic Abundances of the Elements
Acid and Alkaline: The pH Story
Major Planets of the Solar System
Radioactive Dating: Nature's Alchemy
DNA and RNA
Contamination: Sterilization and the Isolation Ward
Death's Calling Card
The Nitrogen Fix ... and Israel
Charles Darwin
Glossary
Bibliography
Index