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AuthorWard, Peter Douglas, 1949-TitleLife as we do not know it : the NASA search for (and synthesis of) alien life / Peter D. Ward.PublishedNew York : Viking, 2005.FormatBook
Descriptionxxvii, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

NotesIncludes bibliographical references (p. [257]-278) and index.
Contents|What is life? --| |What is earth life? --| |Life as we do not know it --| |A recipe book of life --| |The artificial synthesis of life --| |Are there aliens already on earth? --| |Panspermia: why there may be aliens throughout the solar system --| |Mercury and Venus --| |Fossils on the moon --| |Mars --| |Europa --| |Titan --| |Implications, ethics, and dangers --| |A manifesto: send paleontologists to Mars and biochemists to Titan --| |A forest of life?|
AbstractA principal investigator for the NASA Astrobiology Institute, which funds a program to study “life as we do not know it”—investigating the possibility of life on other planets or, more controversial, creating non-DNA life in the laboratory—Peter Ward presents the latest data on the range of life that are scientifically possible on Earth and beyond. Authoritative and eye opening, Life as We Do Not Know It is sure to provoke wonder and heated debate among both professional researchers and lay readers alike. ... Publisher description.
ISBN0670034584Cor.Sub.United States -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
SubjectLife on other planets.
Life -- Origin.

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