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Bezig met laden... Life on other Worlds (1998)door Steven J. Dick
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.  AndreasJ | Mar 24, 2024 |   Are we alone in the unviverse? the author asks. He recounts the Percival Lowell's claim of canals on Mars, the controversial rock from Mars, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETTI), the prospect of life on other plantet has intrigued our Earthly beings. Human beings are endlessly searching for planetary systems, the quest to explain UFOs, and the originality of life has lead to popular and scientific literature. In addition, Hollywood is flooded with movies, such as Independence Day, ET, Aliens, and Contact in response to thsi furor over other lifes outside of Earth. The book is wonderfully comprehensive and highly entertaining. In addition, the author provides acute clarity, accuracy, and thoroughness of the information that he presents. I highly suggest the book to anyone who is interested in over the edge of scientific discovery of life. It compels me to ponder if there really is extraterrestrial life. I have always been fascinated with this topic. The book fulfills my curiosity. ptnguyen | Nov 11, 2010 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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The recent discoveries of extrasolar planets and possible microfossils in Martian meteorite ALH 84001 are only the latest developments in a debate that spans millennia, and that has been especially heated in the twentieth century. From the furore over Percival Lowell's claim of canals on Mars at the beginning of the century to the biological experiments of the Viking spacecraft, the controversial 'Mars rock', and the sophisticated Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) at its end, otherworldly life has often titillated and occasionally consumed science and the public. So too have crucially related areas such as the search for planetary systems, the quest for an explanation of UFOs, and inquiries into the origin of life. The theme has been elaborated in science fiction from H. G. Wells to Arthur C. Clarke, and resulted in some of the most popular films of all time, including ET, Aliens, Independence Day, and Contact. Life on Other Worlds details in a readable and non-technical manner the history of the twentieth century extraterrestrial life debate, one of the pervasive themes of our century. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This is mostly a history of science, about scientists who have held that extraterrestrial life is common, rare, or even non-existent, and their sometimes less-than-scientific grounds for their views, but it also deals with the use of extraterrestrials in literature and cinema, and how the discovery of extraterrestrial life might affect religion and philosophy.
The book is fairly short and eminently readable, but there is nothing lightweight about it. I liked it a lot.
(I read this book from the library in April '23, but didn't get my own copy until now. The above are my impressions from 2023-04-29, lightly edited for grammar.)