Encountering Life in the Universe: Ethical Foundations and Social Implications of Astrobiology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816528705 ISBN 13: 9780816528707

Publisher: University of Arizona Press, 2013

Synopsis

Based on a workshop on Astrobiology: Expanding our views of society and self, University of Arizona, 2008.

About this title

Review:

"Wide-ranging and thought-provoking."--Choice

"I found reading this book to be challenging, enjoyable, and mind-opening. I trust that future readers will react the same way."--Guy Consolmagno, author of God's Mechanics: How Scientists and Engineers Make Sense of Religion

"Astrobiology seeks to understand the origins, evolution, and distribution of life on Earth and beyond. Encountering Life in the Universe provides a keen overview of astrobiology and a thoughtful exploration of the multiple ethical issues that arise. If you are interested in astrobiology, you must read this book. If you are not, read the book and you may become interested."--Francisco J. Ayala, Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, and author of The Big Questions: Evolution

About the Author:

Chris Impey is a University Distinguished Professor at the University of Arizona, USA. As Deputy Head and Academic Head of the Department of Astronomy, he runs the US's largest undergraduate majors programme in astronomy and the second-largest Ph.D. programme. His research centres on observational cosmology, gravitational lensing, and the evolution and structure of galaxies.

Anna H. Spitz is the Education and Public Outreach lead on OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission at the University of Arizona, USA. OSIRIS-REx is a partnership (University of Arizona, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Systems, Lockheed Martin, and worldwide collaborators) to return a sample of an asteroid to the Earth. Since joining the University of Arizona in 2000 Dr. Spitz has worked on various projects with the Center for Astrobiology, Biosphere 2, and Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter.

William R. Stoeger is the Senior Staff Scientist at the Vatican Observatory Research Group at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, specialising in theoretical cosmology, gravitational physics and interdisciplinary studies bridging the natural sciences, philosophy and theology. He specialises in black-hole astrophysics and cosmology, and as a Jesuit priest, he explores the interface between science and theology, and science and philosophy.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0816528705
• ISBN 13: 9780816528707
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Impey Chris, Spitz Anna H., Stoeger William