The Living Universe: NASA and the Development of Astrobiology

by James E. Strick and Steven J. Dick

Book Overview

The Living Universe is a comprehensive, historically nuanced study of the formation of the new scientific discipline of exobiology and its transformation into astrobiology. Among many other themes, the authors analyze how research on the origin of life became wedded to the search for life on other planets and for extraterrestrial intelligence. Many scientific breakthroughs of the last forty years were either directly supported or indirectly spun off...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081353447X
• ISBN13: 9780813534473
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"