The acclaimed author of In Search of Schrodinger's Cat searches for
life on other planets Are we alone in the universe? Surely amidst
the immensity of the cosmos there must be other intelligent life
out there. Don't be so sure, says John Gribbin, one of today's best
popular science writers. In this fascinating and intriguing new
book, Gribbin argues that the very existence of intelligent life
anywhere in the cosmos is, from an astrophysicist's point of view,
a miracle. So why is there life on Earth and (seemingly) nowhere
else? What happened to make this planet special? Taking us back
some 600 million years, Gribbin lets you experience the series of
unique cosmic events that were responsible for our unique form of
life within the Milky Way Galaxy. Written by one of our foremost
popular science writers, author of the bestselling In Search of
Schrodinger's Cat Offers a bold answer to the eternal question,
"Are we alone in the universe?" Explores how the impact of a
"supercomet" with Venus 600 million years ago created our moon, and
along with it, the perfect conditions for life on Earth From one of
our most talented science writers, this book is a daring,
fascinating exploration into the dawning of the universe, cosmic
collisions and their consequences, and the uniqueness of life on
Earth.
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