Astrobiology

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

Afterword

Sarah Kember

Creative Evolution?: The Quest for Life (On Mars) http://www.culturemachine.net/index.php/cm/article/view/235/216