The Hunt for Alien Life

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Are We Alone?

 

That question leads to a multitude of others: If aliens exist, where is everyone? How do we search for life forms unlike those we know without defaulting to what we know? In this month's eBook, we look at how scientists explore those questions in the search for extraterrestrial life. For further reading, check out our other titles.

Extraterrestrials and the Search for Life

Extraterrestrials and the Search for Lifes

Do aliens exist? The enduring mystery of whether we're alone in the universe is a question that continues to drive scientific study into groundbreaking directions. This collection examines the latest thinking in the search for life, from discussing why we haven't found evidence of aliens so far to determining where and how to conduct the search to opening up the possibilities for what otherworldly life could truly look like.

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Black Holes: Going to Extremes

Black Holes: Going to Extremes

Once dismissed as a mathematical curiosity, black holes are so strange they almost defy belief. Since their existence was confirmed, research into the nature of black holes has opened up new vistas in physics, and in this eBook, we examine some of the most fascinating discoveries about black hole formation and behavior, the new and evolving research in gravitational wave astronomy, theoretical possibilities such as wormholes and much more.

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Existence and Other Questions: Selected Works of John Horgan

Existence and Other Questions: Selected Works of John Horgan

Does free will exist? Is the Schrödinger Equation True? How does matter make a mind? In his Scientific American column, John Horgan takes a scientific approach to exploring mysteries such as these, and in this eBook, we collect some of his most thought-provoking work on consciousness, quantum mechanics, the science of psychedelic drugs and more.

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