Biologen 10

Listening to Whales: What the Orcas Have Taught Us

Autor: Alexandra Morton

The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths

Autor: Brad Fox

Unravelling the Double Helix: The Lost Heroes of DNA

Autor: Gareth Williams

Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory. Including Do-It-Yourself Experiments

Autor: James T. Costa

The Man Who Organized Nature: The Life of Linnaeus

Autor: Gunnar Broberg

The Least Likely Man: Marshall Nirenberg and the Discovery of the Genetic Code (Mit Press)

Autor: Franklin H. H Portugal

Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight

Autor: Amy Shira Teitel

Ordering Life: Karl Jordan and the Naturalist Tradition

Kristin (Assistant Professor, University of Puget Sound) Johnson

Francis Crick: Hunter of Life's Secrets

Robert Olby

Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science

Richard Dawkins

Charles Darwin: A New Life

John Bowlby

Darwin's First Theory: Exploring Darwin's Quest for a Theory of Earth

Rob Wesson

Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Seth Shostak

Since the first Martian "canals" were charted in 1877, space aliens have captivated skygazers, night travelers, and television-watchers worldwide. Polls show that nearly half of all Americans believe in extraterrestrials, and many are convinced they've visited Earth. A fair number of scientists also suspect that aliens exist, and for decades they've been seriously searching - using powerful antennas and computers to scan for radio waves coming from other star systems. This engaging memoir reveals the true story of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence ( S E T I), and discloses what we may very soon discover.

Chronicling the program's history with insight and humor, S E T I senior astronomer Seth Shostak assures us that if there is sentient life in the universe, we are within decades of picking up its signal. Methodically busting urban legends about alien crash landings, crop circles, and the like, Shostak pits scientific truth against speculation and delivers important news on the state of our knowledge. He answers a host of questions about S E T I, including where its antennas are aimed. . . how we know which frequency to monitor. . . what our response might be. . . and why, if a signal is detected, "it will be one that's deliberately beamed into space, not the Klingon equivalent of I Love Lucy. "

Contrary to popular opinion, any aliens found by S E T I will not resemble the squishy, big-eyed creatures on cinema screens. Rather, they will have already invented their successors: super smart post-biological thinking machines vastly beyond our own capabilities.

Edgy, amusing, and remarkably profound, Confessions of an Alien Hunter addresses the startling possibilities awaiting us in deep space and in humankind's own future.

Hans Krebs: Volume 1: The Formation of a Scientific Life, 1900-1933

Frederic Laurence Holmes

Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code (Eminent Lives)

Matt Ridley

The Snake Charmer: A Life and Death in Pursuit of Knowledge

Jamie James

Henry Dresser and Victorian Ornithology: Birds, Books and Business

Henry A. McGhie