Astrobiology

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

Afterword

Sarah Kember

Creative Evolution? The Quest for Life (On Mars)[[|
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