Alien Life Imagined
Communicating the Science and Culture of Astrobiology
- Author: Mark Brake
- Date Published: November 2012
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521491297
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One day, astrobiologists could make the most fantastic discovery of all time: the detection of complex extraterrestrial life. As space agencies continue to search for life in our Universe, fundamental questions are raised: are we awake to the revolutionary effects on human science, society and culture that alien contact will bring? And how is it possible to imagine the unknown? In this book, Mark Brake tells the compelling story of how the portrayal of extraterrestrial life has developed over the last two and a half thousand years. Taking examples from the history of science, philosophy, film and fiction, he showcases how scholars, scientists, film-makers and writers have devoted their energies to imagining life beyond this Earth. From Newton to Kubrick, and Lucian to H. G. Wells, this is a fascinating account for anyone interested in the extraterrestrial life debate, from general readers to amateur astronomers and undergraduate students studying astrobiology.
Read more- Explores the development of the ideas behind the science and culture of imagined alien life
- Highlights the ever-narrowing gap between newly discovered planets and the strange worlds of the imagination
- Provides a unique account of the rich evolution of the extraterrestrial life debate
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- Date Published: November 2012
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521491297
- length: 280 pages
- dimensions: 252 x 180 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.73kg
- contains: 16 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Kosmos: aliens in ancient Greece
2. The world turned upside down: Copernicanism and the voyages of discovery
3. In Newton's train: pluralism and the system of the world
4. Extraterrestrials in the early machine age
5. After Darwin: the war of the worlds
6. Einstein's sky: life in the new universe
7. Ever since SETI: astrobiology in the space age
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