The Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Essays on Science and Technology

by Peter Day

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The Evening Discourses from the Royal Institution offer lively discussions of contemporary science for a broad audience. This volume features chapters on the search for extraterrestrial life and on the Martian meteorite at the center of recent speculation about life on Mars. The volume contains essays based on eight of the talks, and other topics include the future of television, the use of spectroscopy to analyze Medieval manuscripts, the construction of machines with molecule-based memories, and the outlook for the leaning tower in Pisa.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198504144

ISBN13:9780198504146

Release Date:December 1998

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:190 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Religion Religion & Spirituality Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Spirituality

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