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This book addresses the possible origins, development and fate of intelligent life in the universe. The author presents a wide-ranging analysis of the type of knowledge that can be inferred about extraterrestrial intelligent societies from our own biological, cultural and scientific evolution, and from the likely future of mankind. Providing extensive background information from astronomy, geology, chemistry and biology, the book will appeal to both the scientist and the general reader. In this second edition of Peter Ulmschneider's successful and highly interesting book the author is putting even stronger emphasis on the geological conditions and consequences of life's conquest of land as the pre-condition for the emergence of life with our type of technical intelligence.

Life --- Life on other planets. --- Vie --- Vie extraterrestre --- Origin. --- Origines --- Exobiology. --- Extraterrestrial anthropology. --- Life -- Origin. --- Outer space -- Exploration. --- Life on other planets --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Biology - General --- Origin --- Extraterrestrial life --- Abiogenesis --- Biogenesis --- Germ theory --- Heterogenesis --- Life, Origin of --- Life (Biology) --- Origin of life --- Plasmogeny --- Plasmogony --- Physics. --- Geobiology. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astronomy --- Astrophysics. --- Space sciences. --- Astrobiology. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Biogeosciences. --- Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Observations. --- Planets --- Fermi's paradox --- Evolution (Biology) --- Exobiology --- Spontaneous generation --- Evolution (Biology). --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Astronomical physics --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Astrobiology --- Habitable planets --- Astronomy—Observations. --- Astronomical observations --- Observations, Astronomical --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science --- Earth sciences --- Biosphere --- SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics --- Extraterrestrial beings. --- Climatic factors. --- extraterrestrial intelligence --- Alien beings (Extraterrestrials) --- Aliens (Extraterrestrial beings) --- Extraterrestrial intelligence --- Extraterrestrials --- Human-alien encounters