At one level, PROBABILITY ONE surveys recent findings about the existence of planets orbiting other sun-like stars, such as 51 Pegasi, discovered in 1995, Tau Bootis and others. Amir Aczel asks What is life? as well as: What is intelligent life? He examines the theories about how life evolved on earth from basic molecules, such as ammonia, into more complex organic compounds leading to DNA. The existence of similar molecules on other planets in our solar systems, as well as in meteorites that land on earth every year, are ...
Read More
At one level, PROBABILITY ONE surveys recent findings about the existence of planets orbiting other sun-like stars, such as 51 Pegasi, discovered in 1995, Tau Bootis and others. Amir Aczel asks What is life? as well as: What is intelligent life? He examines the theories about how life evolved on earth from basic molecules, such as ammonia, into more complex organic compounds leading to DNA. The existence of similar molecules on other planets in our solar systems, as well as in meteorites that land on earth every year, are used in an argument for the evolution of such compounds - the building blocks of life - outside Earth. However, Aczel approaches his subject in a completely novel way, using the full power of modern probability theory. The laws of large numbers applied to the immense size of the known universe with its billions of galaxies, each containing many billions of stars, are used to argue the probability that there is life elsewhere. Aczel weaves the probability arguments seamlessly throughout a fascinating - and accessible - book.
Read Less
Add this copy of Probability One to cart. $4.02, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by ABACUS.
Add this copy of Probability One to cart. $4.02, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by ABACUS.
Add this copy of Probability One to cart. $12.54, very good condition, Sold by Hay-on-Wye Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1999 by Little, Brown & Company.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good. Appears unread. Jacket/hard board have some light storage wear, marks and scratches. Stain at bottom edge of front jacket. Occasional faint foxing at text blocks. Text excellent. 240 p. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
Add this copy of Probability One to cart. $14.40, good condition, Sold by Hay-on-Wye Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1999 by Little, Brown & Company.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good. The books dust jacket is in good condition with small scuffs tears and scratches. The content is in good condition with light tanning to the pages.
Add this copy of Probability 1 Why There Must Be Intelligent Life in the to cart. $18.94, like new condition, Sold by Tom Costin rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Horsham, WEST SUSSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1999 by Great Britain, Little, Brown And Company, 1999.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
0316648299. First in Great Britain: Fine dark blue boards (hardback), with metallic green titles to spine, 9.5 x 6.00 inches approx., near fine coloured pictorial dust jacket, not price clipped, dark blue endpapers, no inscriptions, 230 pages including index. A scientific approach to the probability that other life forms exist in the universe.
Add this copy of Probability One to cart. $19.95, new condition, Sold by Basement Seller 101 rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cincinnati, OH, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Abacus.
Add this copy of Probability One to cart. $31.33, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by ABACUS.
