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008 101119s2011 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010044630
020 $a9781439109007 (hardcover)
020 $a1439109001 (hardcover)
020 $a9781439130308 (ebook)
020 $a1439130302 (ebook)
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100 1 $aKaufman, Marc.
245 10 $aFirst contact :$bscientific breakthroughs in the hunt for life beyond Earth /$cMarc Kaufman.
250 $a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$cc2011.
300 $avii, 213 p., [8] p. of plates :$bcol. ill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-206) and index.
505 0 $aThe biggest discovery of them all -- Really extreme life -- What makes something alive? -- The spark of life -- On the trail of life on Mars -- Three eurekas on hold -- Planet-hunting -- Life and the laws of physics -- Far-flung intelligent worlds -- The day after first contact.
520 $aKaufman details the incredible true story of science's search for the beginnings of life on Earth and the probability that it exists elsewhere in the universe.
650 0 $aLife on other planets.
650 0 $aHabitable planets.