ET, Are You Out There The question of intelligent life on other worlds

This calm, intelligent and witty survey of the history of humankind's search for extraterrestrial life brilliantly outlines the historical, fictional, speculative and emerging scientific opinions on what alien life might be like.
The fast-moving narrative examines facts, dispels myths and focuses on the possibilities lurking in space. In a popular and easy-to-read style, the author uses current research to speculate what life is like on exoplanets (or extra-solar planets), how we might communicate with it, and what Earth might seem like to visitors.
List of chaptersIntroduction: Aliens, show yourself, pleaseChapter 1: Earthling folliesChapter 2: Martian maniaChapter 3: Our worldsChapter 4: Other worldsChapter 5: Life as we know itChapter 6: A paradox to beholdChapter 7: Maybe the answer is in mathsChapter 8: Riddle and mysteriesChapter 9: How would inquisitive aliens find us?Chapter 10: Hypotheses: good, bad and madChapter 11: Hello ET!Chapter 12: Whispers from ETChapter 13: Waiting for ultimate answersChapter 14: ET in our historyChapter 15: Five fictional faces of ET