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The planets : life beyond the sun and destiny

Karen Stone ; James Younger ; British Broadcasting Corporation ; Jacqueline Smith ; Arts and Entertainment Network | [S.l.] : A & E Television Networks | 2000

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Alien life imagined : Communicating the science and culture of Astrobiology /

Mark Brake, Author | [S.l.] : Cambridge University Press | 2012

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Alien life : the search for extraterrestrials and beyond

Barry Parker | [S.l.] : Penum Trade | 1998

"Parker has done an outstanding job of pulling together the current scientific understanding of life on Earth and the possibilities of life elsewhere." Christopher P. McKay, research scientist, NASA Ames Research Center "I read the book with gre[...]

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Is anyone out there? : the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence

Frank D. Drake ; Dava Sobel | [S.l.] : Delacorte Press | 1992

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Archaeology, anthropology, and interstellar communication /

Douglas A. Vakoch, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2014

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Archaeology, anthropology, and interstellar communication /

Douglas A. Vakoch, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2014

Are we alone? asks the writeup on the back cover of the dust jacket. The contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extrate[...]

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Astrobiology

Monica Grady | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | 2001

Beginning with the Big Bang and formation of the universe, this richly illustrated book discusses the emergence of life on Earth and beyond. Monica Grady discusses the factors necessary for the development of microorganisms on Earth, including c[...]

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Astrobiology : a multidisciplinary approach

Jonathan I. Lunine | [S.l.] : Pearson Addison Wesley | 2005

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An astrobiology strategy for the exploration of Mars

Commitee on an Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration on Mars ; Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; Board on life sciences, Division on Earth and Life Sciences | [S.l.] : The National Academies Press | 2007

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Astrolinguistics : design of a linguistic system for interstellar communication based on logic /

Alexander Ollongren, Author | New York, NY : Springer | 2012

In linguistics, one of the main areas of modern research involves the capabilities and possibilities of there being "lingua cosmica", a LINCOS, a universal language that could be used to cummonicate with non- human intelligences. This book touc[...]

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Avatar

James Cameron, Producer | [S.l.] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 2010

Jake Sully is a former Marine who uses a wheelchair. But despite his broken body, Jake is still a warrior at heart. He is recruited to travel light years to the human outpost on Pandora, where a corporate consortium is mining a rare mineral that[...]

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Beyond the stars : our origins and the search for life in the universe /

Paolo Saraceno, Author ; David L. Goodstein, Author | Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Pub. | 2012

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Beyond UFOs : the search for extraterrestrial life and its astonishing implications for our future

Jeffrey O. Bennett | [S.l.] : Princeton University Press | 2008

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Bioastronomie : uber irdisches Leben une ausserirdische Intelligenz

Jean Heidmann | New York, NY : Springer | 1994

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The biological universe : the twentieth-century extraterrestrial life debate and the limits of science

Steven J. Dick | [S.l.] : Cambridge University Press | 1996

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The case for the face : scientists examine the evidence for alien artifacts on Mars

Stanley V McDaniel, Editor ; Monica Rix Paxson, Editor | [S.l.] : Adventures Unlimited Press | 1998

In 1976, NASA sent 2 spacecraft to land on different areas of Mars.The real successof the Viking missions lay in the images of the surface aht were received on Earth.A real interesting image showed an area of the planet's Cydonia region covered [...]

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The case for Mars : the plan to settle the red planet and why we must

Robert M. Zubrin ; Richard Wagner | [S.l.] : The Free Press | 1996

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The case for Mars : the plan to settle the red planet and why we must /

Robert M. Zubrin, Author ; Richard Wagner, Author | [S.l.] : The Free Press | 2011

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Civilizations beyond earth : extraterrestrial life and society

Douglas A. Vakoch, Editor ; Albert A. Harrison, Editor | New York : Berghahn Books | 2011

How will humankind respond to first contact? Archaeologists and astronomers explore the likehood that extraterrestrial intelligence exists, sociologists present the latest findings of novel surveys, tapping into the public's attitudes about lif[...]

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Confessions of an alien hunter : a scientist's search for extraterrestrial intelligence

G. Seth Shostak, Author | [S.l.] : National Geographic Society | 2009

Describes the historical and current search for signs of extraterrestrial life in the universe, discussing the technology presently being used and speculating on the probability of success in the near future.

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Cosmic company : the search for life in the universe

Seth G. Shostak ; Alex Barnett | [S.l.] : Cambridge University Press | 2003

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The cosmic connection : an extraterrestrial perspective

Carl Sagan | [S.l.] : Anchor Press | 1973

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Deep space flight and communications : exploiting the sun as a gravitational lens

Claudio Maccone | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronautical engineering | 2009

The book deals about the Sun as a gravitational lens and discusses how this can be exploited for interstellar exploration. It also deals with the key problem of communication between an interstellar spaceship and the Earth, especially where the [...]

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Deep space flight and communications : exploiting the sun as a gravitational lens

Claudio Maccone | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronautical engineering | 2009

The book deals about the Sun as a gravitational lens and discusses how this can be exploited for interstellar exploration. It also deals with the key problem of communication between an interstellar spaceship and the Earth, especially where the[...]

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The universe : the complete season four

Samuel K. Dolan ; et al. | [S.l.] : A & E Television Networks | 2007

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The universe : the complete season four

Samuel K. Dolan ; et al. | [S.l.] : A & E Television Networks | 2007

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The universe : the complete season four

Samuel K. Dolan ; et al. | [S.l.] : A & E Television Networks | 2007

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The universe : the complete season four

Samuel K. Dolan ; et al. | [S.l.] : A & E Television Networks | 2007

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District 9

Peter Jackson, Producer | United States : Tri-Star Pictures | 2009

Back in the 1980s, a giant spacecraft stalled in the skies over Johannesburg. 1.8 million of the aliens that were aboard were rescued, and placed in a refugee camp--District 9. Over the next 20 years, District 9 became a teeming shantytown like [...]

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Earth, Life and the Universe : ...exploring our cosmic ancestry

Keith Tritton | [S.l.] : Curved Air Publications | 2001

How should the search begin? Where should we be looking? For what signs should we be searching? This book explains the present strategy of the european space agencies and the United States of America. The search for extraterrrestrial life, the o[...]

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