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Here be dragons : the scientific quest for extraterrestrial life /
The discovery of life on other planets would be perhaps the most momentous revelation in human history, more disorienting and more profound than either the Copernican or Darwinian revolutions, which knocked the earth from the center of the universe and humankind from its position of lofty self-regar...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The discovery of life on other planets would be perhaps the most momentous revelation in human history, more disorienting and more profound than either the Copernican or Darwinian revolutions, which knocked the earth from the center of the universe and humankind from its position of lofty self-regard. In Here Be Dragons, astronomer David Koerner and neurobiologist Simon LeVay offer a scientifically compelling and colorful account of the search for life beyond Earth. The authors survey the work of biologists, cosmologists, computer theorists, NASA engineers, SETI researchers, roboticists, and U. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (264 pages, [8] pages of color plates) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195146004 019514600X 9780195128529 0195128524 9780195351750 0195351754 1280831170 9781280831171 9780198033370 0198033370 |