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In Here Be Dragons , astronomer David Koerner and neurobiologist Simon LeVay offer a scientifically compelling and colorful account of the search for life beyond Earth.The authors survey the work of biologists, cosmologists, computer theorists, NASA engineers, SETI researchers, roboticists, and UFO enthusiasts and debunkers as they attempt to answer the greatest remaining question facing humankind: Are we alone? From their "safe haven of skepticism" the authors venture into the "rough seas of speculation," where theory and evidence run the gamut from hard science to hocus pocus. Arguing that the universe is spectacularly suited for the evolution of living creatures, Koerner and LeVay give us ringside seats at the great debates of Big Science. The contentious arguments about what really happens in evolution, the acrimonious UFO controversy, and the debate over intelligence versus artificial intelligence shed new light on the wildly divergent claims about the universe and life's place in it.
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Here Be Dragons, David Koerner, Simon LeVay
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 2000
- Oprawa
- (miękka)
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- Tytuł
- Here Be Dragons
- Podtytuł
- The Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial Life
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- David Koerner, Simon LeVay
- Wydawca
- Oxford University Press
- Rok wydania
- 2000
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 280
- ISBN10
- 019514600X
- ISBN13
- 9780195146004
- Seria
- Kategorie
- Tagi
- Przyroda, Nauki przyrodnicze, Nauka, USA, Życie, Kosmologia, Astrofizyka
- Ocena
- 4 z 5
- Opis
- In Here Be Dragons , astronomer David Koerner and neurobiologist Simon LeVay offer a scientifically compelling and colorful account of the search for life beyond Earth.The authors survey the work of biologists, cosmologists, computer theorists, NASA engineers, SETI researchers, roboticists, and UFO enthusiasts and debunkers as they attempt to answer the greatest remaining question facing humankind: Are we alone? From their "safe haven of skepticism" the authors venture into the "rough seas of speculation," where theory and evidence run the gamut from hard science to hocus pocus. Arguing that the universe is spectacularly suited for the evolution of living creatures, Koerner and LeVay give us ringside seats at the great debates of Big Science. The contentious arguments about what really happens in evolution, the acrimonious UFO controversy, and the debate over intelligence versus artificial intelligence shed new light on the wildly divergent claims about the universe and life's place in it.