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Does evidence that there was once water on Mars mean that it could have been - and could still be now - a home for life? Does the existence of stars like our Sun mean that life could exist on the planets surrounding them? In this thrilling book, John Gribbin and Simon Goodwin show how the world's experts are searching for life in space, and why they could be just around the corner from finding it. Beautifully illustrated with a range of stunning photographs and state-of-the-art graphics, this is no ordinary book about the universe. It is about life itself: under what conditions it can develop and survive, how it might evolve to be intelligent, where it may exist in the universe and how we could come to find it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An absorbing insight into the science of ET, 6 Sep 2001

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This is the best book I have seen about the science of finding extraterestrial life. It puts a lot of science fiction ideas in perspective, and reveals that some of them aren't fiction after all. But it is rather expensive!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly Well Illustrated and Written , 7 Mar 2009

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Trying to explain the fundamentals behind the cosmos (including plant formation at an atomic level; nuclear fusion; supernova; the sun, stars, planets, etc) is a really hard job. Often books are written too simplistically or far too indepth for a reader to really understand. For once a book manages to explain the tough stuff and do it in a simple way.

The pictures are amazing, too. Really is worth while. There are different sections on:
-nebulas
-neutron stars
- mars
- europa
- titan
- search for life

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There are a few artist impression pictures (for things we've never seen and probably won't in our lives) but most are very high quality real pictures.

Probably the best book I've read on the subject.

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