We are the Martians Connecting Cosmology with Biology /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Bignami, Giovanni F. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Θέματα: Physics.; Space sciences.; Cosmology.; Astrobiology.; Astronomy.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

What frightens you more? Believing you are alone in the universe or rather thinking that there’s someone else out there?   Human beings have been asking themselves this question for many thousands of years while looking at the starry sky. Over the past few decades, however, we have moved from imagin...

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