Alien encounter [electronic resource] : a scientific novel / Dirk Schulze-Makuch.
2013
PS3537.C485
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Title
Alien encounter [electronic resource] : a scientific novel / Dirk Schulze-Makuch.
Edition
2nd edition.
ISBN
9783319019611 electronic book
3319019619 electronic book
9783319019604
3319019619 electronic book
9783319019604
Published
Cham : Springer, [2013?]
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 236 pages) : illustration.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-01961-1 doi
Call Number
PS3537.C485
Dewey Decimal Classification
813/.54
Summary
It has been nearly 100 years since the Apollo moon landings, when Jack and Vladimir, two astronauts on a mission to Venus, discover a mysterious void related to indigenous life on the planet. Subsequently more voids are detected on Earth, Mars, Titan, and, quite ominously, inside a planetoid emerging from the Kuiper belt. Jack is sent to investigate the voids in the Solar System and intercept the planetoid - which, as becomes increasingly clear, is inhabited by alien life forms. Jack and his crew will have little time to understand their alien biochemistry, abilities, behavior patterns, resilience, and technology, but also how these life forms relate to the voids. Humankind's first encounter with these exotic life forms couldn't be more fateful, becoming a race against time to save life on Earth and to reveal the true nature of the voids, which seem to be intrinsically related to life and the universe itself. In this novel, the author combines many topics related to state-of-the-art research in the field of astrobiology with fictional elements to produce a thrilling page turner. This new version significantly develops the astrobiological denouement of the plot and features an extensive non-technical appendix where the underlying science is presented and discussed.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 24, 2013).
Series
Science and fiction (Springer (Firm)) 2197-1188
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