Astrobiology

edited by Sarah Kember

Introduction [to come...]

Section1

Percival Lowell

Mars

H. G. Wells

The War of the Worlds [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 IV

NASA

Voyager: Sounds of Earth

SETI-X

Scrambles of Earth

Section V

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 VI

 Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto

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

Seth D. Baum

  'Is Humanity Doomed? Insights from Astrobiology'