Life in the Universe
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This book discusses life in the Universe, Interstellar Travel and the Fermi Paradox, and the implications of the search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
Abstract
I. Introducing Life in the Universe 1. A Universe of Life? 2. The Science of Life in the Universe 3. The Universal Context of Life II. Life on Earth 3. The Habitability of Earth 4. The Nature of Life on Earth 5. The Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth III. Life in the Solar System 6. Searching for Life in Our Solar System 7. Mars 8. Life on Jovian Moons 9. The Nature and Evolution of Habitability IV. Life Among the Stars 10. Habitability Outside the Solar System 11. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence 12. Interstellar Travel and the Fermi Paradox Epilogue: Contact - Implications of the Search and Discovery