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Imagined Life: A Speculative Scientific Journey Among the Exoplanets in Search of Intelligent Aliens, Ice Creatures, and Supergravity Animals
By Trefil, James & Michael Summers
- ISBN
- 9781588346643
- Publisher
- Smithsonian
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Reviewed on August 1, 2019 | Science & Technology
Following up Exoplanets: Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets, and the New Search for Life Beyond Our Solar System, astronomers Trefil and Summers examine how the laws of chemistry and physics would shape the evolution of life and civilization on unusual worlds. Their survey includes an internally heated "snowball," a tidally locked windswept planet, and four (renamed) theoretical celestial bodies featured in their previous work. While cautioning that ter...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
