Intelligent Life in the Universe : Principles and Requirements Behind Its Emergence /
By: Ulmschneider, Peter [author.].
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BookSeries: Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics: Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.Edition: Second Edition.Description: XIV, 310 p. 156 illus., 37 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540328384.Subject(s): Physics | Geobiology | Evolutionary biology | Observations, Astronomical | Astronomy -- Observations | Astrophysics | Space sciences | Astrobiology | Physics | Astrophysics and Astroparticles | Astrobiology | Biogeosciences | Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences | Evolutionary Biology | Astronomy, Observations and TechniquesDDC classification: 523.01 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | Available | EBK4763 |
Planets -- Stars, Galaxies, and the Origin of Chemical Elements -- Planet Formation -- The Earth -- The Search for Extrasolar Planets -- Planets Suitable for Life -- Life -- Life and its Origin on Earth -- Evolution -- The Search for Extraterrestrial Life -- Intelligence -- The Future of Mankind -- Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life.
This book addresses the possible origins, development and fate of intelligent life in the universe. The author presents a wide-ranging analysis of the type of knowldege that can be inferred about extraterrestial intelligent societies from our own biological, cultural and scientific evolution, and from the likely future of mankind. Providing extensive background information from astronomy, geology, chemistry and biology, the book will appeal to both the scientist and the general reader. In this second edition of Peter Ulmschneider's successful and highly interesting book the author is putting even stronger emphasis on the geological conditions and consequences of life's conquest of land as the pre-condition for the emergence of life with our type of technical intelligence.
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