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This compilation of a special issue of Scientific American magazine brings together some of the top names in science, who explore the major theories and issues surrounding astronomy and the development of life in the universe. From speculations on…

Is it possible that extraterrestrial life forms exist within our Galaxy, the Milky Way? This book offers a critical analysis by leading experts in a range of sciences, of the plausibility that other intelligent lifeforms do exist. Exploration of the…

Zwiepen er kunstmatige signalen van andere werelden over onze aarde? Zullen we, als we ze proberen op te vangen, merken dat we niet alleen zijn in het, op het oog zo lege, universum? De radioastroom en kosmoloog Jean Heidmann heeft zich in een van de…

Op heldere en systematische wijze wordt de kennis over het ontstaan van de mensheid voor een breed publiek toegankelijk gemaakt

Around four billion years ago, natural chemical reactions led to the formation of organic molecules in the Earth's waters. From these, nucleic acids emerged, then cells, then multicellular organisms, and, ultimately, the astonishing biodiversity on…

In this golden age of astronomy, new discoveries have proliferated in the past year: life on Mars, an ocean on Europa, and planets around other stars. On the heels of Goldsmith's The Hunt for Life on Mars comes this exciting account of the new…

Only a few years ago, astronomers were uncertain whether planets might orbit stars other than the sun. In the past few years, though, the experimental data has practically rushed in. In Worlds Unnumbered, Donald Goldsmith explains exactly how…

From Publishers Weekly Shostak is the Public Programs Scientist for the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute. In this fascinating speculative book, he builds a careful case for the importance of the institute's work,…

A thoroughly revised edition of the best-selling account of science's search for extraterrestrial life gives clear evidence of the existence of alien civilizations and reveals the distant planetary systems found by powerful telescopes.