The Hunt for Alien Life A Wider Perspective /

• Main Author: Linde, Peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Astronomers' Universe,
• Subjects: Popular works.; Space sciences.; Astrobiology.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

Astronomer Peter Linde takes the reader through the story of the search for extraterrestrial life in a captivating and thought-provoking way, specifically addressing the new research that is currently devoted towards discovering other planets with life. He discusses the methods used to detect possib...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• A Cosmic Perspective
• How is a Planetary System Formed?- The Development of Life on Earth
• Alien Life at Close Range?- Exoplanets: From Speculation to Reality
• A Menagerie of Planets
• Exoplanets: In the Future
• Signs of Life from Earth
• How Many Civilisations Are There?- Where is Everybody?- SETI: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
• Journey to the Stars
• What do the Aliens Look Like?- Appendices
• Index.