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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “peter ulmschneider”
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  • Intelligent Life in the Universe

    Principles and Requirements Behind Its Emergence

    by Peter Ulmschneider ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book addresses all scientists and others interested in the origins, development and fate of intelligent species in the observable part of our universe. In particular, the author scrutinizes what kind of information about extraterrestrial intelligent life can be inferred from our own biological, cultural and scientific evolution and the likely future of mankind. The first part of the book ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

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  • If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

    Seventy-Five Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life

    by Stephen Webb ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Given the fact that there are perhaps 400 billion stars in our Galaxy alone, and perhaps 400 billion galaxies in the Universe, it stands to reason that somewhere out there, in the 14-billion-year-old cosmos, there is or once was a civilization at least as advanced as our own. The sheer enormity of the numbers almost demands that we accept the truth of this hypothesis. Why, then, have we ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Young Sun, Early Earth and the Origins of Life

    Lessons for Astrobiology

    by Muriel Gargaud, Purificación López-García, Thierry Montmerle, Robert Pascal, Hervé Martin ...
    Translated by Storm Dunlop ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    - How did the Sun come into existence?- How was the Earth formed?- How long has Earth been the way it is now, with its combination of oceans and continents?- How do you define “life”?- How did the first life forms emerge?- What conditions made it possible for living things to evolve?All these questions are answered in this colourful textbook addressing undergraduate students in "Origins of Life" ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Stardust

    The Cosmic Seeds of Life

    by Sun Kwok ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    How did life originate on Earth? For over 50 years, scientists believed that life was the result of a chemical reaction involving simple molecules such as methane and ammonia cooking in a primordial soup. Recent space observations have revealed that old stars are capable of making very complex organic compounds. At some point in their evolution, stars eject those organics and spread them all over ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • The Mystery of the Seven Spheres

    How Homo sapiens will Conquer Space

    by Giovanni F. Bignami ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    In this book, Giovanni Bignami, the outstanding Italian scientist and astronomer, takes the reader on a journey through the “seven spheres”, from our own planet to neighboring stars. The author offers a gripping account of the evolution of Homo Sapiens to the stage where our species is developing capabilities, in the form of new energy propulsion systems, that will enable us to conquer space. The ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Formation, Evolution, and Dynamics of Young Solar Systems

    Edited by Martin Pessah, Oliver Gressel ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book's interdisciplinary scope aims at bridging various communities: 1) cosmochemists, who study meteoritic samples from our own solar system, 2) (sub-) millimetre astronomers, who measure the distribution of dust and gas of star-forming regions and planet-forming discs, 3) disc modellers, who describe the complex photo-chemical structure of parametric discs to fit these to observation, 4) ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • What We Know About Extraterrestrial Intelligence

    Foundations of Xenology

    by Michael Ashkenazi ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Have you ever wondered what could happen when we discover another communicating species outside the Earth? This book addresses this question in all its complexity. In addition to the physical barriers for communication, such as the enormous distances where a message can take centuries to reach its recipient, the book also examines the biological problems of communicating between species, the ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

  • Habitability of Other Planets and Satellites

    Edited by Jean-Pierre de Vera, Joseph Seckbach ...
    Series Book 28 - Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
    Is the Earth the right model and the only universal key to understand habitability, the origin and maintenance of life? Are we able to detect life elsewhere in the universe by the existing techniques and by the upcoming space missions? This book tries to give answers by focusing on environmental properties, which are playing a major role in influencing planetary surfaces or the interior of planets ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

  • Discovering the Cosmos with Small Spacecraft

    The American Explorer Program

    by Brian Harvey ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Explorer was the original American space program and Explorer 1 its first satellite, launched in 1958. Sixty years later, it is the longest continuously running space program in the world, demonstrating to the world how we can explore the cosmos with small spacecraft. Almost a hundred Explorers have already been launched.Explorers have made some of the fundamental discoveries of the Space Age. ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Alien Encounter

    A Scientific Novel

    by Dirk Schulze-Makuch ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    It has been nearly 100 years since the Apollo moon landings, when Jack and Vladimir, two astronauts on a mission to Venus, discover a mysterious void related to indigenous life on the planet. Subsequently more voids are detected on Earth, Mars, Titan, and, quite ominously, inside a planetoid emerging from the Kuiper belt.Jack is sent to investigate the voids in the Solar System and intercept the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • Dawn of Small Worlds

    Dwarf Planets, Asteroids, Comets

    by Michael Moltenbrey ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book gives a detailed introduction to the thousands and thousands of smaller bodies in the solar system. Written for interested laymen, amateur astronomers and students it describes the nature and origin of asteroids, dwarf planets and comets, and gives detailed information about their role in the solar system. The author nicely reviews the history of small-world-exploration and describes ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • The Ethics of Space Exploration

    Edited by James S.J. Schwartz, Tony Milligan ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book aims to contribute significantly to the understanding of issues of value (including the ultimate value of space-related activities) which repeatedly emerge in interdisciplinary discussions on space and society. Although a recurring feature of discussions about space in the humanities, the treatment of value questions has tended to be patchy, of uneven quality and even, on occasion, ... Read more

    $107.09 USD