Science, Culture and the Search for Life on Other Worlds

• Main Author: Traphagan, John W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Popular works.; Astrobiology.; Science > Social aspects.; Astronomy.; Anthropology.; Cultural studies.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Cultural Studies.; Societal Aspects of Physics.

This book explores humanity’s thoughts and ideas about extraterrestrial life, paying close attention to the ways science and culture interact with one another to create a context of imagination and discovery related to life on other worlds. Despite the recent explosion in our knowledge of other plan...