Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 3 March 2006:
Vol. 311. no. 5765, p. 1244
DOI: 10.1126/science.1126115
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Books

ASTROBIOLOGY:
Deities for Atheists

Michael Shermer

Civilized Life in the Universe
Scientists on Intelligent Extraterrestrials
by George Basalla
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005. 247 pp. $29.95, £17.95. ISBN 0-19-517181-0.
Examining claims of scientists from Aristotle to Hawking, the author traces the cascading influence of speculation about the existence of civilized life on other planets.
The reviewer is at Skeptic magazine, 2761 North Marengo Ave., Altadena, CA 91001, USA. E-mail: skepticmag{at}aol.com

Read the Full Text


E-Letters:

Read all E-Letters

Sufficiently Simple
David R. Johnson
Science Online, 22 Mar 2006 [Full text]

To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)