First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth

First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth
ISBN-10
143910901X
ISBN-13
9781439109014
Series
First Contact
Category
Science
Pages
213
Language
English
Published
2012-03-13
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Author
Marc Kaufman

Description

Kaufman details the incredible true story of science's search for the beginnings of life on Earth and the probability that it exists elsewhere in the universe.

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