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To: PatrickHenry

There was a book written on this very topic a few years back, but the name escapes me at the moment.


5 posted on 07/30/2004 11:17:12 AM PDT by ECM
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To: ECM
Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe.
16 posted on 07/30/2004 11:29:26 AM PDT by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Republicam)
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To: ECM

Alchemy of the Heavens?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385472137/qid=1091212578/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-0276543-3117500?v=glance&s=books&n=507846


19 posted on 07/30/2004 11:37:06 AM PDT by Little Ray (John Ffing sKerry: Just a gigolo!)
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To: ECM

the book was
"the rare earth"
written by brownlee and another u of wash prof
an amazing book.
They go thru all the arguments why complex life is so rare. This is my solution to fermi's paradox.


23 posted on 07/30/2004 11:45:15 AM PDT by genghis
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To: ECM

The Torah.


60 posted on 07/30/2004 12:39:37 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid (Semper Fi)
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To: ECM

I believe it was "privelidged planet", sorry if somebody already told you, i don't feel like looking,.


133 posted on 07/30/2004 6:31:48 PM PDT by Conservomax (There are no solutions, only trade-offs.)
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Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe
by Peter Ward, Donald Brownlee

This is my current read, already changed my whole outlook on this topic.
140 posted on 07/30/2004 8:35:16 PM PDT by Spirochete
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