Are We Being Watched? The Search for Life in the Cosmos

Name: Are We Being Watched? The Search for Life in the Cosmos
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ISBN: 9780500516713

ISBN-10: 0500516715

ISBN-13: 9780500516713

Edition: 2013

Authors: Paul Murdin

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There is no more fascinating question than whether or not we are alone in a vast universe. Here, Paul Murdin applies the latest scientific discoveries and theories to inquire whether life exists on other planets and, if so, what forms it might take. Could there be somewhere life as advanced as here on Earth, or are we more likely to find primitive life-forms? Or are we the sole living organisms in a desolate and boundless cosmos? Professor Murdin invites us to join him in exploring an extraordinary array of evidence to determine if there is life elsewhere in the cosmos. He examines the case for life on Mars and Europa and asks whether on Enceladus or Titan we might find the “warm little”…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, Limited
Publication date: 2/25/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.40" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.672
Language: English

In 1971 Paul Murdin discovered the first black hole. He has been President of the European Astronomical Society, Director of the British National Space Centre, and Treasurer of the Royal Astronomical Society. He has published some 150 scientific papers, edited the multivolume Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and is the author of Secrets of the Universe.