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Aliens Are Coming!: The Extraordinary Science Behind Our Search for Life in the Universe
Aliens Are Coming!: The Extraordinary Science Behind Our Search for Life in the Universe | Ben Miller
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Actor and bestselling science writer Ben Miller takes readers to the cutting edge of one of the greatest questions of all: Is there life beyond Earth? For millennia, we have looked up at the stars and wondered whether we are alone in the universe, but in the last few years--as our probes begin to escape the solar system, and our telescopes reveal thousands of Earthlike planets--scientists have taken huge leaps toward an answer. "Forget science fiction," author Ben Miller writes. "We are living through one of the most extraordinary revolutions in the history of science: the emergent belief of a generation of physicists, biologists, and chemists that we are not alone." The Aliens Are Coming! is a refreshingly clear, hugely entertaining guide to the search for alien life. Miller looks everywhere for insight, from the Big Bang's sea of energy that somehow became living matter, to the equations that tell us Earth is not so rare, to the clues bacteria hold to how life started. And he makes the case that our growing understanding of life itself will help us predict whether it exists elsewhere, what it might look like, and when we might find it.
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Another book surprise my girlfriend gave me, she definitely knows what I like to read about and this seems like such an interesting read! 🛸

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MrT Read 365 Days of UFOs by Nick Red fern. Was interesting and each calendar entry was never too long. A good pick up/put down. 4y
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My head is spinning! The author seems to go off on so many tangents, but he eventually ties them all together with no loose ends. This isn't as much about aliens as it is about all life, and everything around us. Math, science, history... it all comes together in this book. Audiobook narrator is super entertaining, too!

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Thank goodness that the book closest to me is my Kindle! But I would be very upset if the aliens didn't give me time to find a power cord! #FunFridayPhoto @Liberty

Melissa_J I have that exact same cover except it's for a journal rather than an e-reader. 7y
My_novel_obsession @Melissa_J I have a journal with this cover too..I'm kind of obsessed with Oberon designs 7y
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