Intelligent Life in the Universe
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Peter Ulmschneider
Intelligent Life in the Universe Principles and Requirements Behind Its Emergence Second Edition
With 156 Figures and 24 Tables Including 37 Color Figures
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Professor Dr. Peter Ulmschneider Universität Heidelberg Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik Albert-Ueberle-Straße 2 69120 Heidelberg, Germany e-mail:
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P. Ulmschneider, Intelligent Life in the Universe, Adv. Astrobiol. Biogeophys. (Springer, Berlin Heidelberg 2006), DOI 10.1007/11614371
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006929538
ISSN 1610-8957 ISBN-10 3-540-32836-X 2nd ed. Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN-13 978-3-540-32836-0 2nd ed. Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN 3-540-43988-9 1st ed. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York