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    All These Worlds Are Yours: The Scientific Search for Alien Life
    All These Worlds Are Yours: The Scientific Search for Alien Life
    All These Worlds Are Yours: The Scientific Search for Alien Life
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    All These Worlds Are Yours: The Scientific Search for Alien Life

    Written by Jon Willis

    Narrated by Eric Jason Martin

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    Long before space travel was possible, the idea of life beyond Earth transfixed humans. In this fascinating book, astronomer Jon Willis explores the science of astrobiology and the possibility of locating other life in our own galaxy.

    Describing the most recent discoveries by space exploration missions, including the Kepler space telescope, the Mars Curiosity rover, and the New Horizons probe, Willis asks listeners to imagine-and choose among-five scenarios for finding life. He encourages us to wonder whether life might exist within Mars's subsoil ice. He reveals the vital possibilities on the water-ice moons Europa and Enceladus. He views Saturn's moon Titan through the lens of our own planet's ancient past. And, he even looks beyond our solar system, investigating the top candidates for a "second Earth" in a myriad of exoplanets and imagining the case of a radio signal arriving from deep space. Covering the most up-to-date research, this accessibly written book provides listeners with the basic knowledge necessary to decide where they would look for alien life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateDec 20, 2016
    ISBN9781515986928

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      I've read several books that cover or address this subject, and at some point I get left behind in the dust. Not so here, the thornier bits of science and math are mostly glossed over, and the explanations are clear. The tone of the book is conversational, a little too much for my taste, but this would be a very good book to read on the subject if you read only one. As the author readily admits in the final chapter, it was probably somewhat out of date before the ink dried on the pages, but it's that kind of field.