Encountering life in the universe (Record no. 113424)
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| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 576.8/39 |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Encountering life in the universe |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Tucson : |
| Name of publisher | University of Arizona Press, |
| Year of publication | c2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xi, 269 p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "This book grew out of the workshop 'Astrobiology: Expanding our Views of Society and Self,' held at the University of Arizona's (UA) Biosphere 2 Institute in May 2008." |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Astrobiology, ethics, and philosophy / Bill Stoeger, Chris Impey, and Anna H. Spitz -- Lessons from Earth : towards an ethics of astrobiology / Carol E. Cleland and Elspeth M. Wilson -- Astrobiology and beyond : from science to philosophy and ethics / William R. Stoeger -- Beyond Horatio's philosophy : biological evolution - the "plurality of worlds" concept / Martinez J. Hewlett -- The wonder called cosmic oneness : towards astroethics from Hindu and Buddhist wisdom and worldviews / Nishant Alphonse Irudayadason -- Social and ethical implications of creating artificial cells / Mark A. Bedau and Mark Triant -- Space exploration and searches for extraterrestrial life : decision making and societal issues / Margaret S. Race -- Astrobiology and society : the long view / Christopher P. McKay -- Planetocentric ethics : principles for exploring a solar system that may contain extraterrestrial microbial life / Woodruff T. Sullivan, III -- Contact : who will speak for Earth and should they? / Jill Tarter -- AstroEthics : engaging extraterrestrial intelligent life forms / Ted Peters -- A scientifically minded citizenry : the ethical responsibility of all scientists / Erika Offerdahl -- Survival ethics and astrobiology / Neville Woolf. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Exobiology |
| Topical Term | Exobiology |
| Topical Term | Life on other planets |
| Topical Term | Life on other planets |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Impey, Chris. |
| Personal name | Spitz, Anna H., |
| Personal name | Stoeger, William R. |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10748747 |
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