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Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth

★ Amazon – Best Nonfiction Books of the Year ★ Amazon – Best Science Books of the Year ★ PEN / E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

Extraterrestrial is Avi Loeb's science narrative of the First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth. The narrative identifies the people, decisions, and pressures that shaped the subject, then places those developments within the wider field of science. Rather than isolating its subject, the book shows how private experience and public systems continually influenced one another. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant. The approach makes a specialized subject understandable without stripping away its tensions or ambiguity.

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 2021
Format: Print edition
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9780358278146

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Science: Astronomy Science: Physics – Astrophysics Science: Space Science

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