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Astrobiology, history, and society life beyond earth and the impact of discovery / Douglas A. Vakoch, editor.
| Other author | Vakoch, Douglas A. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Berlin : Springer, [2013] |
| Description | xxviii, 375 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Advances in astrobiology and biogeophysics Advances in astrobiology and biogeophysics. ^A691518 |
| Contents | The early extraterrestrial life debate. The extraterrestrial life debate from antiquity to 1900 / Michael J. Crowe and Matthew F. Dowd ; Early mocern ET, reflexifve telescopics, and their relevance today / Dennis Danielson ; Extraterrestrial life as the great analogy, two centuries ago and in modern astrobiology / Woodruff T. Sullivan III ; Hegel, analogy, and extraterrestrial life / Joseph T. Ross ; The relationship between the origins of life on earth and the possibillity of life on other planets : a nineteenth-century perspective / Stéphane Tirard ; Pioneering concepts of planetary habitability / Florence Raulin Cerceau -- The modern extraterrestrial life debate. The twentieth century history of the extraterrestrial life debate : major themes and lessons learned / Steven J. Dick ; The creator of astrobotany, Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov / Danielle Briot ; Life beyond earth and the evolutionary synthesis / Douglas A. Vakoch ; The first thousand exoplanets : twenty years of excitement and discovery / Chris Impey ; Extraterrestrial life in the microbial age / Aaron L. Gronstal -- Societal impact of discovering extraterrestrial life. The societal impact of extraterrestrial life : the relevance of history and the social sciences / Steven J. Dick ; Cultural resources and cognitive frames : keys to an anthropological approach to prediction / Ian Lowrie ; The detection of extraterrestrial life : are we ready? / Klara Anna Capova ; Impact of extraterrestrial life discovery for third world societies : anthropological and public health considerations / M. Margaret Weigel and Kathryn Coe ; Impossible predictions of the unprecedented : analogy, history, and the work of prognostication / Kathryn Denning ; Mainstream media and social media reactions to the discovery of extraterrestrial life / Morris Jones ; Christianity's response to the discovery of extraterrestrial intelligent life : insights from sicence and religion and the sociology of religion / Constance M. Bertka ; Would the discovery of ETI provoke a religious crisis? / Ted Peters. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013936532 |
| ISBN | 9783642359828 (hbk. : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 3642359825 (hbk. : acid-free paper) |