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Are we alone? : philosophical implications of the discovery of extraterrestrial life / Paul Davies.

Title
Are we alone? : philosophical implications of the discovery of extraterrestrial life / Paul Davies.
Author
Davies, P. C. W.
Publication
London : Penguin, 1995.

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Description
xi, 108 p.; 20 cm.
Summary
" ... based on lectures given at the University of Milan, 8-9 November 1993, in the series Lezione Italiane, sponsored by the Fondazione Sigma-Tau, and published in the Italian language by Laterza."
Subject
  • Life on other planets
  • Life > Origin
  • Cosmology
  • Science > Philosophy
Note
  • "Penguin science"--P. [4] of cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 101) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Brief history of SETI -- Extraterrestrial microbes -- Alien message -- Against aliens -- The nature of consciousness -- Alien contact & religious experience -- Project Phoenix -- Argument for duplicate beings.
ISBN
0140245855 (pbk) :
LCCN
gb^95025166^
OCLC
32203620
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library