Are We Alone?: The Possibility of Extraterrestrial Civilizations
- ISBN-10
- 0684178427
- ISBN-13
- 9780684178424
- Series
- Are We Alone?
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 262
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1983
- Publisher
- MacMillan Publishing Company
- Authors
- James S. Trefil, Robert T. Rood
Description
Two scientists, chronicling past and current research concerning extraterrestrials, calculate the possibility of life in outer space and consider the chances that earthlings may be the first space colonists
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- 2004
- 92 pages
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