Why Aren't They Here?: The Question of Life on Other Worlds

Verma, Surendra

ISBN 10: 1840468068 / ISBN 13: 9781840468069

Published by Icon,Totem Books, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why Aren't They Here?: The Question of Life on Other Worlds
• Publisher: Icon,Totem Books
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840468068
• ISBN 13: 9781840468069
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The historical, fictional, speculative and emerging scientific opinions on alien life forms are covered in this fascinating book. Surendra Verma dispels the myths and uses current scientific research to consider what life might be like on other planets, how we might communicate with it and what Earth might seem like to visitors. Why Aren't They Here speculate on what really might be out there ...

About the Author

Surendra Verma is a science journalist based in Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of The Mystery of the Tunguska Fireball (Icon, 2005) and The Little Book of Scientific Principles, Theories & Things (New Holland, 2006). He is not all dressed up and ready to meet aliens, but expects to hear the news of the discovery of microscopic life on other worlds within his lifetime.