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Introduction [to come...]<br>  
Introduction [to come...]<br>  


Section1<br>  
== Section1<br> ==


Percival Lowell<br>  
Percival Lowell<br>  
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[http://ia700304.us.archive.org/26/items/warofworlds00welluoft/warofworlds00welluoft.pdf ''The War of the Worlds''] [This work is in public domain in the US: UK/EU users please don't click on this link] <br>  
[http://ia700304.us.archive.org/26/items/warofworlds00welluoft/warofworlds00welluoft.pdf ''The War of the Worlds''] [This work is in public domain in the US: UK/EU users please don't click on this link] <br>  


Section 2<br>  
== Section 2<br> ==


Percival Lowell  
Percival Lowell  
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[http://ia600409.us.archive.org/20/items/ismarshabitablec00wallrich/ismarshabitablec00wallrich.pdf ''Is Mars Habitable?'']<br>  
[http://ia600409.us.archive.org/20/items/ismarshabitablec00wallrich/ismarshabitablec00wallrich.pdf ''Is Mars Habitable?'']<br>  


Section 3<br>  
== Section 3<br> ==


Percival Lowell<br>  
Percival Lowell<br>  
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[http://mars.spherix.com/lifemars/lifemars.htm Life on Mars? The Viking Labeled Release Experiment]<br>  
[http://mars.spherix.com/lifemars/lifemars.htm Life on Mars? The Viking Labeled Release Experiment]<br>  


Section IV<br>  
== Section 4<br> ==


NASA<br>  
NASA<br>  
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SETI-X<br>  
SETI-X<br>  


[http://earthscramble.com/ Scrambles of Earth]<br>  
== [http://earthscramble.com/ Scrambles of Earth]<br> ==


Section V<br>  
== Section 5<br> ==


Chris P. McKay  
Chris P. McKay  
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[http://www.biogeosciences.net/3/281/2006/bg-3-281-2006.pdf The definition of life in the context of its origin]  
[http://www.biogeosciences.net/3/281/2006/bg-3-281-2006.pdf The definition of life in the context of its origin]  


Section VI<br>  
== Section 6<br> ==


Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto  
Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto  

Revision as of 10:36, 15 July 2011

Astrobiology and the Search for Life on Mars

edited by Sarah Kember


Introduction [to come...]

Section1

Percival Lowell

Mars

H. G. Wells

The War of the Worlds [This work is in public domain in the US: UK/EU users please don't click on this link]

Section 2

Percival Lowell

Mars and Its Canals

Alfred Russell Wallace

Is Mars Habitable?

Section 3

Percival Lowell

"Mars as the Abode of Life"

Gilbert V. Levin, Patricia Ann Straat

Life on Mars? The Viking Labeled Release Experiment

Section 4

NASA

Voyager: Sounds of Earth

SETI-X

Scrambles of Earth

Section 5

Chris P. McKay

What Is Life -- and How Do We Search for It in Other Worlds?

 Y. N. Zhuravlev, V. A. Avetisov

The definition of life in the context of its origin

Section 6

Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto

Resistance of Microorganisms to Extreme Environmental Conditions and Its Contribution to Astrobiology

Seth D. Baum

Is Humanity Doomed? Insights from Astrobiology