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      Taxi from Another Planet

      Charles S. Cockell

      Taxi drivers love to talk, and when astrobiologist Charles Cockell is their passenger, they love to talk about aliens. This humorous, insightful collection gathers essays inspired by conversations with cabbies…

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      Extra-Terrestrial Liberty An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of Tyrannical Government Beyond the Earth

      Charles S. Cockell

      As humanity expands its presence into space and ultimately settles beyond earth permanently, what freedoms can people expect? On the one hand space offers an escape from the traditions and…

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      Human Governance Beyond Earth: Implications for Freedom

      Human Governance Beyond Earth

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      The Meaning of Liberty Beyond Earth

      The purpose of this book is to initiate a new discussion on liberty focusing on the infinite realms of space. The emergence of human space exploration programs in the last…

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      The Institutions of Extraterrestrial Liberty

      This multi-author text provides in-depth analyses of space ethics and approaches to governance on territories beyond Earth. With insights from a vast background of academic subjects including science, law, philosophy…

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      The Meaning of Liberty Beyond Earth

      The purpose of this book is to initiate a new discussion on liberty focusing on the infinite realms of space. The emergence of human space exploration programs in the last…

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      Human Governance Beyond Earth

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      The Equations of Life: How Physics Shapes Evolution

      Charles S Cockell

      A groundbreaking argument for why alien life will evolve to be much like life here on Earth We are all familiar with the popular idea of strange alien life wildly…

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      Taxi from Another Planet: Conversations with Drivers about Life in the Universe

      Charles S. Cockell

      Taxi drivers love to talk, and when astrobiologist Charles Cockell is their passenger, they love to talk about aliens. This humorous, insightful collection gathers essays inspired by conversations with cabbies…

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      Astrobiology - Understanding Life in the Universe, Second Edition

      CS Cockell

      Understand that astrobiology is concerned with the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the Universe. It investigates life in its cosmic context. Understand some of the detailed scientific questions…

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      Impossible Extinction: Natural Catastrophes and the Supremacy of the Microbial World

      Charles S. Cockell (British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge)

      A story of the survival of microbes in the coldest, deepest, hottest and highest places on Earth.

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      Interplanetary Liberty: Building Free Societies in the Cosmos

      Charles S. Cockell (Professor, Professor, Institute for Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, UK)

      Charles S. Cockell argues that beyond Earth, space is especially tyranny-prone. Yet rather than consign humanity to a dim future of extraterrestrial despotisms, he suggests that the construction of free…

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      Astrochemistry and Astrobiology

      Eight further chapters address specific topics, encompassing basic theory and models, up-to-date research and an outlook on future work. Written and edited by international experts, this text is accessible for…

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      Astrochemistry and Astrobiology

      Eight further chapters address specific topics, encompassing basic theory and models, up-to-date research and an outlook on future work. Written and edited by international experts, this text is accessible for…

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