Probability 1: Why There Must Be Intelligent Life in the Universe

Amir D. Aczel

ISBN 10: 0151003769 / ISBN 13: 9780151003761

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998

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Beschriftungen / Markierungen bis 20 %; Aus Bibliothek aussortiert; Starke Verschmutzung / Nässe. For thousands of years, it was the visionaries and writers who argued that we cannot be alone-that there is intellegent life in the universe. Now, with the discoveries of the Hubble Telescope, data emerging from Mars, and knowledge about life at the extremes, scientists are taking up where they left off. Amir Aczel, author of Fermat's Last Theorem, pulls together everyting science has discovered, and mixes in proabability theory, to argure the case for the existence of intelligent life beyond this planet. Probability 1 is an extraordinary tour de force in which the author draws on cosmology, math, and biology to tell the rollicking good story of scientists tackling important scientific questions that help answer this fundamental question. What is the probability of intelligent life in the universe? Read this book, and you'll be convinced, by the power of the argument and the excitement of the science.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Probability 1: Why There Must Be Intelligent Life in the Universe
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151003769
• ISBN 13: 9780151003761
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mathematics

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Synopsis

The best-selling author of Fermat's Last Theorem integrates probability theory with the latest scientific findings from the Hubble telescope and the Mars missions to argue for the existence of intelligent life beyond Earth. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. Tour.

About the Author

Amir D. Aczel, Ph.D. grew up on a ship and was navigating straits in the Mediterranean long before he could drive a car. The author of Fermat's Last Theorem, God's Equation, The Mystery of the Aleph, and Probability 1, he lives with his wife and daughter in the Boston area and teaches at Bentley College.