WilliamBains.co.uk
Cambridge, UK
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I am a scientist, entrepreneur and teacher in the life sciences. Browse or search here for explanation of what it is I do, why I do it, and what links such disparate subjects as the search for extrasolar planets, the chemistry of kidneys, and the economics of venture capital investment. |
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The Cosmic Zoo. Our book due out this fall The Cosmic Zoo: Complex Life on Many Worlds by Drick Schulze-Makuch and me is to be published this fall. The book expands on our work over the last 5 years about how likely it is that complex life could have evolved elsewhere in the Universe. "Are humans a galactic oddity, or will complex life with human abilities develop on planets with environments that remain habitable for long enough? In a clear, jargon-free style, two leading researchers in the burgeoning field of astrobiology critically examine the major evolutionary steps that led us from the distant origins of life to the technologically advanced species we are today." We take the reader through all the major steps that lead from the origin of life on Earth to the appearence of complex, active, tool-making animals, and show how almost all of them have happened several times on our planet, and are likely to happen elsewhere. If life can occur on other worlds, we may be living in a Cosmic Zoo. You can pre-rder the book on Amazon here, |