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Home > Science & Nature > Astrophysics & Space Science > Faint Echoes, Distant Stars-eBook
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"E-Book-Exclusive Extras: ONE: ""Astrobiology on the Space Station: A Brief Commentary"" TWO: ""The Tides of Titan: A Short Fiction"" PLUS: ""Isaac was Right: N Equals One,"" an paper derived from Ben Bova's book The Living Universe

Dr. Ben Bova explores one of the most thrilling and elemental questions humanity has ever posed: Are we alone? Cutting edge technology may reveal the answer, if politicians ever approve a budget. Dr. Bova explores the key players and arguments waged in a debate of both scientific and cultural priorities, showing the emotions, the controversy, and the egos involved in arguably the most important scientific pursuit ever begun. "Bova shines in making science not only comprehensible but entertaining." --The New York Times Book Review

In this fascinating and cutting-edge work, Dr. Ben Bova explores one of the most thrilling and elemental questions humanity has ever posed: Are we alone? From Copernicus to the advent of SETI and beyond, Bova takes his readers on a tour of the scientific and political battles fought in the pursuit of knowledge and speculates on what the future may hold.

Can life exist outside the planet Earth? The first question one should ask is: How is it possible for life to exist within Earth's brutal confines? On our own world, creatures exist -- and thrive -- in environments first thought to be completely alien and inhospitable. From the rare air of the upper atmosphere to the depths of the oceans, life persists amid crushing pressures, crippling heat, and absolute darkness. Bacteria brought to the moon have survived for years without water, at temperatures near absolute zero, and in spite of radiation levels that would kill human observers. With such resilient and tenacious creatures, it seems that life could spring up, and survive, anywhere.

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Title of ebook: Faint Echoes, Distant Stars
ISBN: 9780060588625
Publisher: HarperCollins e-books
Internet download file size: 411 kb
Released online for download: 02-17-2004
Author of eBook: Bova, Ben

Faint Echoes, Distant Stars

The Science and Politics of Finding Life Beyond Earth

Chapter One

Are We Alone?

It goes against nature in a large field to
grow only one shaft of wheat, and in an
infinite universe to have only one living
world.

--Metrodorus of Chios Circa 400 B.C.

What is the history of life?

Are we alone in the universe?

What is the future of life?

Is life a normal part of the universe,or is our Earth the only world that harbors living creatures?

Children ask, "Where did I com from?" Stargazers wonder if there is life on any of the fiery specks that dot the night sky. Philosophers ponder the meaning of life and seek to understand our place in the greater universe that surrounds us.

These questions haunt our consciousness today, as they have for countless millennia. Human beings have always wondered about how life began and whether life exists beyond th Earth. The quest for life elsewhere in the universe is far older than written history.

THE ALIEN ... read full excerpt from Faint Echoes, Distant Stars ebook



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