Life as We Do Not Know It: The NASA Search for (and Synthesis of) Alien Life

Peter Ward

ISBN 10: 0670034584 / ISBN 13: 9780670034581

Published by Viking, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life as We Do Not Know It: The NASA Search for (and Synthesis of) Alien Life
• Publisher: Viking
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670034584
• ISBN 13: 9780670034581
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

A revealing exploration of the latest NASA research into the possibility of extraterrestrial life also poses a hypothesis about the origins of life on Earth, examining the controversial idea of creating non-DNA life in a laboratory as well as the scientific possibilities of the range of life throughout the universe. By the author of Gorgon. 35,000 first prinitng.

About the Authors

Peter Ward, a recognized authority on mass extinctions, is professor of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. His books include Gorgon, Future Evolution, The End of Evolution, and, with Donald Brownlee, Rare Earth and The Life and Death of Planet Earth. He has also appeared in numerous TV documentaries for PBS, Discover, and The Learning Channel.

Peter Douglas Ward is professor of biology, professor of earth and space sciences, and adjunct professor of astronomy at the University of Washington in Seattle.