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Life and Language Beyond Earth

By Raymond Hickey

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9781009226417
DOI
10.1017/9781009229272
LCC
P97 .H53 2023
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7665927 bytes)
Pages
xxiii; 671\697
Scanned
yes
Time added
2024-01-02 00:33:42
Physics and Astronomy; Astronomy: General Interest

Description

Have you ever wondered whether we are alone in the universe, or if life forms on other planets might exist? If they do exist, how might their languages have evolved? Could we ever understand them, and indeed learn to communicate with them? This highly original, thought-provoking book takes us on a fascinating journey over billions of years, from the formation of galaxies and solar systems, to the appearance of planets in the habitable zones of their parent stars, and then to how biology and, ultimately, human life arose on our own planet. It delves into how our brains and our language developed, in order to explore the likelihood of communication beyond Earth and whether it would evolve along similar lines. In the process, fascinating insights from the fields of astronomy, evolutionary biology, palaeoanthropology, neuroscience and linguistics are uncovered, shedding new light on life as we know it on Earth, and beyond.

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