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A Historical Introduction to the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Michael D. Papagiannis
Michael D. Papagiannis*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA

Abstract

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The possibility that life, primitive or advanced, might exist in other places of the Universe has occupied the thoughts of scientists and laymen for thousands of years. It is only in the last 25 years, however, that we have entered the experimental phase of the search for extraterrestrial life, where considerable progress has already been made.

Type
Section I. History and Special Events
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 112: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Recent Developments , 1985 , pp. 5 - 11
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985 

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