What Does a Martian Look Like? The Science of Extraterrestrial Life
Editorial Reviews
From Scientific American
The authors of this book also see a possibility of extraterrestrial life. "We now know that there are many planets out there in the galaxy, and we have good grounds for supposing that a number of these will have life." It may be strange life, though, they say, nothing like what we know on Earth. On those principles, Cohen and Stewart (respectively, a reproductive biologist and a professor of mathematics at Warwick University in England) lay a basis for what they call xenoscience--knowledge of the strange. They draw on serious science--biology, chemistry, astronomy and physics--and also on science fiction, because the best of it has "made some useful contributions to the scientific understanding of possibilities for alien lifeforms."
Editors of Scientific American
Review
"A fascinating and useful handbook to both the science and science fiction of extraterrestrial life. Cohen and Stewart are amusing, opinionated, and expert guides. I found it a terrific and informative piece of work - nothing else like it! (Greg Bear)
"I loved it." (Larry Niven)
"Ever wonder about what aliens could be like? The world authority is Jack Cohen, a professional biologist who has thought long and hard about the vast realm of possibilities. This is an engaging, swiftly moving study of alien biology, a subject with bounds and constraints these authors plumb with verve and intelligence." (Gregory Benford)
"A celebration of life off Earth. A hearteningly optimistic book, giving a much-needed antidote to the pessimism of astrobiologists who maintain that we are alone in the universe - a stance based on a very narrow view of what could constitute life. A triumph of speculative non-fiction." (Dougal Dixon, author of After Man: A Zoology of the Future)
What Does a Martian Look Like? The Science of Extraterrestrial Life
What Does a Martian Look Like? The Science of Extraterrestrial Life,Jack Cohen,Ian Stewart,Wiley,0471268895,Astronomy - General,Exobiology,General,Life Sciences - Biology - General,Life Sciences - Evolution,Life on other planets,Science,Science/Mathematics,Science / General
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