The Societal Impact of Extraterrestrial Life: The Relevance of History and the Social Sciences

This chapter reviews past studies on the societal impact of extraterrestrial life and offers four related ways in which history is relevant to the subject: the history of impact thus far, analogical reasoning, impact studies in other areas of science and technology, and studies on the nature of disc...

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Published inAstrobiology, History, and Society pp. 227 - 257
Main Author Dick, Steven J.
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013
SeriesAdvances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics
Subjects
Analogical Reasoning
Human Genome Project
Microbial Life
Objective Knowledge
Societal Impact
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ISBN9783642359828
3642359825
ISSN1610-8957
1613-1851
DOI10.1007/978-3-642-35983-5_12

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