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Archives of Sexuality & Gender includes gay and lesbian newspapers from more than 35 countries, reports, policy statements, interviews, personal letters, and other documents related to gay rights and health, including the worldwide impact of AIDS. Part of Gale’s Archives of Sexuality & Gender.
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Series
Publisher
Facts on File
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
"'Extreme States of Matter takes the reader on an incredible journey across the most exciting scientific frontiers of the 21st century. Supported by a generous quantity of full-color illustrations and many interesting sidebars, this new volume describes the unusual and almost bizarre characteristics and properties of matter at extreme states. A large portion of the book is devoted to plasmas, which permeate the solar system as well as interstellar...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Light of the Stars tells the story of humanity's coming of age as we awaken to the possibilities of life on other worlds and their sudden relevance to our fate on Earth. Astrophysicist Adam Frank traces the question of alien life and intelligence from the ancient Greeks to the leading thinkers of our own time, and shows how we as a civilization can only hope to survive climate change if we recognize what science has recently discovered: that we are...
6) Beyond UFOs: the search for extraterrestrial life and its astonishing implications for our future
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Describes the startling discoveries being made in the very real science of astrobiology, an intriguing new field that blends astronomy, biology, and geology to explore the possibility of life on other planets. Jeffrey Bennett takes readers beyond UFOs to discuss some of the tantalizing questions astrobiologists grapple with every day: What is life and how does it begin? What makes a planet or moon habitable? Is there life on Mars or elsewhere in the...
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From a noted Cambridge zoologist, a wildly fun and scientifically sound exploration of what alien life must be like, using universal laws that govern life on Earth and in space. Scientists are confident that life exists elsewhere in the universe. Yet rather than taking a realistic approach to what aliens might be like, we imagine that life on other planets is the stuff of science fiction. The time has come to abandon our fantasies of space invaders...
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Publisher
New Page Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"This is an in-depth study of the theory that Mars was once a world which teemed with life. Perhaps, even, life not at all too dissimilar to ours. Incredibly . . . the Martians may still be there. Alive. This book explores the CIA's top-secret search for the Martians, multiple photos of strange anomalies, and the latest revelations about the environment and water on Mars. The questions concerning life on Mars-then and now-are many. The answers are...
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Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Presents the work of NASA astrobiologist Dr. Chris McKay as he investigates the factors necessary to sustain life on both Earth and other planets, performing experiments under extreme weather conditions in Antarctia, Siberia, and the Sahara Desert.
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