Customer Review: Dick and Strick present a history of astrobiological research from the 1950's to the present time. The reader is treated - and I mean treated - to wonderful expositions of the politics and science of NASA's involvement in astrobiology. Featuring early origin of life research, the Viking mission, and... more info
Customer Review: This book is a collection of essays offered by scientists of varied scientific and philosophical backgrounds. Some are theistic, some are not, but most think outside the box when discussing their inclinations and observations. Read Arthur Peacoke's remarkable essay. The introduction to it alone... more info
Customer Review: Life, what makes it different from other matter and how it began on Earth are the major questions that have faced humans since we evolved the ability to ask questions. Given recent studies that indicate it arose very early on Earth and it is extremely tenacious once it exists, there is nothing to... more info
Customer Review: This is a masterful compilation of the history of the oldest scientific institution of the United States. The perspectives of Dr. Dick were thoughtful and very interesting. Many of the realtionships of the past half century were interesting when viewed from the point of view of today. Many decisions... more info
Customer Review: In this exhaustive study, Dr. Dick traces the debate about other worlds, from it's origins among the atomists of ancient Greece, through Aristotle's apparent vanquishing of the idea, through medieval scholasticism, the Renaissance and finally into the eighteenth century. This was the era of natural... more info
Customer Review: I looked over this book and Life on Other Worlds: The 20th Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate. They seem to be the same book with different titles. Just a heads up.
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