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Are we alone in the universe? : theories about intelligent life on other planets / Tom Jackson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Jackson, Tom, Beyond the theory: science of the future ; Publisher: New York, NY : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538226735
  • 1538226731
  • 9781538226742
  • 153822674X
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Life-forms -- Being alive -- Evidence of life -- Do aliens have genes? -- Where did life start? -- A place to live -- Exoplanets -- Astrobiology -- Inventing aliens -- Looking for Martians -- UFOs -- Are we really alone? -- Rare earth -- The search for aliens -- Robot explorers -- Hello, Earth calling -- An extremely large telescope -- First contact -- Business, pleasure, or invasion? -- Will aliens ever arrive?
Summary: The premise that alien life exists has had a grip on writers, artists, thinkers, and scientists since possibly the earliest days of civilization. This awesome text explores many of the critical parts of astrobiology from theories about exoplanets and the formation of solar systems to places like the Lowell Observatory and Roswell and people like H. G. Wells and Carl Sagan. Astrobiology, or the search for aliens, has never been so accessible as in this text. With full-color artwork and gripping, accessible main text, sidebars, and fact boxes, readers enjoy indulging in alien theories all the while learning science and history.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 576.839 J14 Available 33111009683737
Total holds: 0

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The premise that alien life exists has had a grip on writers, artists, thinkers, and scientists since possibly the earliest days of civilization. This awesome text explores many of the critical parts of astrobiology from theories about exoplanets and the formation of solar systems to places like the Lowell Observatory and Roswell and people like H. G. Wells and Carl Sagan. Astrobiology, or the search for aliens, has never been so accessible as in this text. With full-color artwork and gripping, accessible main text, sidebars, and fact boxes, readers enjoy indulging in alien theories all the while learning science and history.

Life-forms -- Being alive -- Evidence of life -- Do aliens have genes? -- Where did life start? -- A place to live -- Exoplanets -- Astrobiology -- Inventing aliens -- Looking for Martians -- UFOs -- Are we really alone? -- Rare earth -- The search for aliens -- Robot explorers -- Hello, Earth calling -- An extremely large telescope -- First contact -- Business, pleasure, or invasion? -- Will aliens ever arrive?

The premise that alien life exists has had a grip on writers, artists, thinkers, and scientists since possibly the earliest days of civilization. This awesome text explores many of the critical parts of astrobiology from theories about exoplanets and the formation of solar systems to places like the Lowell Observatory and Roswell and people like H. G. Wells and Carl Sagan. Astrobiology, or the search for aliens, has never been so accessible as in this text. With full-color artwork and gripping, accessible main text, sidebars, and fact boxes, readers enjoy indulging in alien theories all the while learning science and history.

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5-8.

Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.

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