how we find them, communicate with them, and maybe even travel there /
Michael Carroll
xi, 234 pages :
illustrations (chiefly color) ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
A place like home -- Early ideas and lessons from our own backyard -- The search for and discovery of exoplanets -- Strange solar system architectures -- Zeroing in on Earth 2.0 -- Looking for life in all the right places -- Could we make contact? -- Could we visit Earths of distant suns? -- First contact : what will it mean?