The world's most comprehensive A-Z devoted to the subject of life on other worlds
Three Rivers Press (Random House), New York
Includes:
- Speculation about the nature of extraterrestrial life and intelligence
- Past, present and future searches for life in the solar system and beyond
- The discovery of extrasolar planets
- Life in hostile environments
- SETI programs
- The role of science fiction in shaping our concepts of alien life
- The history of the extraterrestrial life/plurality of worlds debate, from ancient Greeks to the present day
- Biographies of over 300 contributors to the field
- 544 pages, 2,000 entries, 260,000 words, 100 illustrations, 900 references (including 300 websites)
The Worlds of David Darling > Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia