The Resource The aliens are coming! : the extraordinary science behind our search for life in the universe, Ben Miller
The aliens are coming! : the extraordinary science behind our search for life in the universe, Ben Miller
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The item The aliens are coming! : the extraordinary science behind our search for life in the universe, Ben Miller represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Memorial Hall Library.
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- Summary
- "The Aliens Are Coming! is a refreshingly clear, hugely entertaining guide to the search for alien life. Miller looks everywhere for insight, from the Big Bang's sea of energy that somehow became living matter, to the equations that tell us Earth is not so rare, to the clues bacteria hold to how life started. And he makes the case that our growing understanding of life itself will help us predict whether it exists elsewhere, what it might look like, and when we might find it"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 293 pages
- Note
- "First published in the United Kingdom by Sphere, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group"--Title-page verso
- Contents
-
- Extremophiles
- SETI
- Planets
- Universes
- Life
- Humans
- Aliens
- Messages
- Isbn
- 9781615193653
- Label
- The aliens are coming! : the extraordinary science behind our search for life in the universe
- Title
- The aliens are coming!
- Title remainder
- the extraordinary science behind our search for life in the universe
- Statement of responsibility
- Ben Miller
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The Aliens Are Coming! is a refreshingly clear, hugely entertaining guide to the search for alien life. Miller looks everywhere for insight, from the Big Bang's sea of energy that somehow became living matter, to the equations that tell us Earth is not so rare, to the clues bacteria hold to how life started. And he makes the case that our growing understanding of life itself will help us predict whether it exists elsewhere, what it might look like, and when we might find it"--
- Assigning source
- Amazon.com
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Miller, Ben
- Dewey number
- 576.8/39
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- QB54
- LC item number
- .M5388 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Life on other planets
- Extraterrestrial beings
- Interstellar communication
- Label
- The aliens are coming! : the extraordinary science behind our search for life in the universe, Ben Miller
- Note
- "First published in the United Kingdom by Sphere, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group"--Title-page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-290)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Extremophiles -- SETI -- Planets -- Universes -- Life -- Humans -- Aliens -- Messages
- Control code
- 1673794
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 293 pages
- Isbn
- 9781615193653
- Lccn
- 2016028331
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1673794
- (OCoLC)952139258
- Label
- The aliens are coming! : the extraordinary science behind our search for life in the universe, Ben Miller
- Note
- "First published in the United Kingdom by Sphere, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group"--Title-page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-290)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Extremophiles -- SETI -- Planets -- Universes -- Life -- Humans -- Aliens -- Messages
- Control code
- 1673794
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 293 pages
- Isbn
- 9781615193653
- Lccn
- 2016028331
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1673794
- (OCoLC)952139258
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