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The biological universe : the twentieth century extraterrestrial life debate and the limits of science / Steven J. Dick

A history of the twentieth-century search for extraterrestrial life, from the Martian canal controversy to SETI. It examines how scientific and cultural interests in alien life, UFOs, and science fiction have formed a unique biophysical cosmology.

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