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Aliens, the world's leading scientists on the search for extraterrestrial life, edited and with an introduction by Jim Al-Khalili

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Aliens, the world's leading scientists on the search for extraterrestrial life, edited and with an introduction by Jim Al-Khalili

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eng

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non fiction

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Aliens

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edited and with an introduction by Jim Al-Khalili

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the world's leading scientists on the search for extraterrestrial life

Summary

SCIENCE: GENERAL ISSUES. In these lively and fascinating essays, scientists from around the world weigh in on the latest advances in the search for intelligent life in the universe and discuss just what that might look like. Since 2000, science has seen a surge in data and interest on several fronts related to E.T. (extraterrestrials); A.I. (artificial intelligence); and SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence). The debate has intensified over whether life exists outside our solar system, what that life would look like, and whether we'll ever make contact. Included here are essays from a broad spectrum of the scientific community: cosmologists, astrophysicists, NASA planetary scientists, and geneticists, to name just a few, discussing the latest research and theories relating to alien life. Some of the topics include: If life exists somewhere in space, what are the odds that it evolves into something we would recognize as intelligent?

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