Alien life imagined communicating the science and culture of Astrobiology / Mark Brake.

Author/creator Brake, Mark
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Description276 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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Subjects

Contents Kosmos : aliens in ancient Greece : Kosmos / Mark Brake -- The world turned upside down : Copernicanism and the voyages of discovery : voyages / Mark Brake -- In Newton's train : pluralism and the system of the world : Newton's train / Mark Brake -- Extraterrestrials in the early machine age / Mark Brake -- After Darwin : the War of the worlds : Darwin--WOTW / Mark Brake -- Einstein's sky : life in the new universe : Einstein's sky / Mark Brake -- Ever since SETI : astrobiology in the Space Age / Mark Brake.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012022018
ISBN9780521491297 (hardback)