The Science of Aliens. How Scientists Explain that Life Beyond Earth Is Considered Possible

This is a profound and fascinating book about how humans have viewed extraterrestrials. It presents a broad panorama of the evolution of humanity's views on the supposed inhabitants of other worlds: from the insights of ancient thinkers to the concepts of modern astrobiologists. Astronomers, physicists, biologists, philosophers, poets and even politicians (not only science fiction writers), who have dreamed for centuries of finding intelligent beings in the universe, have pondered what the inhabitants of other planets are like and how we will meet them.
Anton Pervushin, an astronautical historian, author of a number of science fiction and popular science books, full member of the Russian Cosmonautics Federation, and member of the Union of Scientists of St. Petersburg, answers the questions: • Why did ancient philosophers believe that space was inhabited? • Why did Kant claim that humans were worse than the inhabitants of Mars? • How did Herbert Wells teach us to fear Martians? • Did aliens visit Earth in ancient times? • Was life on Earth seeded from the space? • How can we find life on planets around other stars? • When will we be accepted into the Galactic Club?
If you are not fascinated by the search for extraterrestrial civilisations, start reading the book. After all this, there will be more explorers of extraterrestrial life and intelligence.

Anton Pervushin. The Science of Aliens. How Scientists Explain that Life Beyond Earth Is Considered Possible — Moscow: Bombora, 2024.