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Why Aren't They Here?: The Question of Life on Other Worlds (Hardcover)

by Surendra Verma (Author)

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Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd (7 Jun 2007)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1840468068
ISBN-13: 978-1840468069
Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.8 x 2.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 449,253 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Written by acclaimed science journalist Surendra Verma, this work is a fast-moving and accessible narrative. It outlines the historical, fictional, speculative and emerging scientific views of the possibilities of other life forms. Is there anybody out there? Are there other life forms lurking in outer space - or are they already here? Surendra Verma investigates...The rate of expansion of our universe is mind-blowing: imagine a pea growing to the size of the Milky Way in less time than it takes to blink. In all this infinite space that we cannot even see, let alone explore, it seems certain that there is some life on other worlds. Sir Arthur C. Clarke declared that 'the universe is full of intelligent life - it's just been too intelligent to come here'. Journalist Surendra Verma brilliantly outlines the historical, fictional, speculative and emerging scientific opinions on what alien life might be like. From Aristotle to ET via radio, religion and reincarnation, this fast-moving narrative examines history and dispels myths before focusing on the possibilities lurking in space. In a popular and easy-to-read style, Verma uses current research to speculate what life is like on other planets, how we might communicate with them, and what Earth might seem like to visitors.

About the Author

Surendra Verma is a science journalist based in Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of The Mystery of the Tunguska Fireball (Icon, 2005) and The Little Book of Scientific Principles, Theories & Things (New Holland, 2006). He is not all dressed up and ready to meet aliens, but expects to hear the news of the discovery of microscopic life on other worlds within his lifetime.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Too much babble, 10 Aug 2007

By	Mr. C. M. Houghton (Northampton, England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This topic could be one of the most interesting and rewarding in astronomy/science, unfortunately this book does not do the field justice. The interesting elements such as the WOW signal go missing in a sea of useless history and unrelated theory and are only too briefly mentioned.
A good topic with a few pages of interest but far too much wandering around the periphery of the subject.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for the layman, 9 Oct 2007

By	Ady - See all my reviews

Surendra Verma has done for me what many years of school couldn't. He's made Astronomy, Physics and Chemistry cool and interesting.

Let's not beat about the bush, a lot of the book is Science, but it's good, interesting science, not the stuff you learn in school.

My favorite chapters were "Messages" and "Questions", simply because they allowed Mr Verma to move beyond explaining the science and into theorising the possibilities out there. Very interesting read!

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