EAN: 9783319104188

ASTRONOMERS UNIVERSE ASTROBIOLOGICAL NEUROSYS...

This book explains why scientists believe that life may be more common in the Universe than
previously considered possible. It presents the tools and strategies astronomers and
astrobiologists are using in their formal search for habitable exoplanets as well as more
advanced forms of life in other parts of our galaxy. The author then summarizes what is
currently known about how and where organic molecules critical to our form of carbon-based life
are manufactured. The core of the book explains (and presents educated guesses) how nervous
systems evolved on Earth  how they work  and how they might work on other worlds. Combining his
knowledge of neuroscience  computers  and astrobiology the author jumps into the discussion
whether biological nervous systems are just the first step in the rise of intelligence in the
Universe. The book ends with a description from both the psychologist's and the
neuroscientist's viewpoints  exactly what it is about the fields of astrobiology and astronomy
that boggles the minds of many amateur astronomers and interested non-scientists. This book
stands out from other popular science books on astrobiology by making the point that
astro-neurobiologists need to begin thinking about how alien nervous systems might work.

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