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In General (For extraterrestrial intelligence,
see SETI)
Life on Earth - General
Information
- Permian-Triassic Extinction: PBS video
clip; U of Michigan page.
- Human Evolution: Neanderthals and Modern Humans site.
- Other Animals: Species 2000 project;
PBS page
on bird evolution.
Life on Earth - Research
- Gravitational Biology: NCSU
site for the NASA Specialized Center of Research and
Training (NSCORT).
- Experiments - Article: S Demaneche et al, "Laboratory-scale
evidence for lightning-mediated gene transfer in soil,"
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67 (2001)
3440-3444.
Life in the Solar System
- In General: Aki Roberge's page
at the Carnegie Institution.
- Life on Mars: NASA Johnson Space Center page.
and Center for Mars Exploration page.
Astrobiology
Articles
- J.D. Barrow, "Cosmology and the origin of life,"
1998 article.
- C.R. Benn, "The Moon and the origin of life," Earth,
Moon and Planets 85/86 (2001) 61, and astro-ph/0112399.
- Oliver Sacks' December 2002 astrobiology article.
Books (For books on extraterrestrial intelligence, see
SETI)
- J. Bennett, S. Shostak and B. Jakosky, Life in the Universe,
Addison Wesley 2002.
- P. Davies, Are We Alone? Philosophical Implications of
the Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life, Basic Books 1996.
- D. Goldsmith & T. Owen, The Search for Life in the
Universe, 3rd ed, University Science Books 2001.
- G. Horneck, C. Baumstark-Khan, eds., Astrobiology: The
Quest for the Conditions of Life, Springer-Verlag, New York,
2002. $54.95 (411 pp.). ISBN 3-540-42101-7
- M.D. Lemonick, Other Worlds: The Search for Life in the
Universe, Simon & Schuster 1998.
- P. Ward & D. Brownlee, Rare Earth, Springer-Verlag
2000 (suggests that complex life is rare in the universe, and
may even be unique to Earth).
- P. Ward & D. Brownlee, The Life and Death of Planet
Earth: How the New Science of Astrobiology Charts the Ultimate
Fate of Our World, Times Books 2003.
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