Is Anyone There?

Introduction . . . 9 PART I CONCERNING THE MORE OR LESS KNOWN: A -- LIFE . . 1. Matter Over Mind . . . 15 . . 2. I Remember, I Remember . . . 27 . . 3. The Hungry People . . . 41 . . 4. Blood Will Tell . . . 49 . . 5. The Chemical You . . . 56 . . 6. Survival of the Molecular Fittest . . . 61 . . 7. Enzymes and Metaphor . . . 66 . . 8. A Pinch of Life . . . 76 . . 9. Constructing a Man . . . 80 . . CONCERNING THE MORE OR LESS KNOWN: B -- NONLIFE . . 10. The Flaming Element . . . 103 . . 11. Let There Be A New Light . . . 111 . . 12. The Ocean Line . . . 124 . . 13. Our Evolving Atmosphere . . . 129 . . 14. The Atmosphere of the Moon . . . 141 . . 15. Man and the Sun . . . 144 . . 16. The Unused Star . . . 151 . . 17. Measuring Rods in Space . . . 157 . . 18. Time-Travel: One Way . . . 164 . . 19. The Birth and Death of the Universe . . . 173 PART II CONCERNING THE MORE OR LESS UNKNOWN: A -- OTHER LIFE . . 20. A Science in Search of a Subject . . . 189 . . 21. We, the In-Betweens . . . 196 . . 22. Is Anyone There? . . . 201 . . 23. Anatomy of a Martian . . . 211 . . 24. On Flying Saucers . . . 215 . . CONCERNING THE MORE OR LESS UNKNOWN: B -- FUTURE LIFE . . 25. The World of 1990 . . . 219 . . 26. The World's Fair of 2014 . . . 227 . . 27. Fecundity Limited . . . 231 . . 28. The Price of Life . . . 235 . . 29. The Moon and the Future . . . 240 . . 30. The Solar System and the Future . . . 251 . . 31. The Universe and the Future . . . 261 PART III CONCERNING SCIENCE FICTION: . . 32. Escape into Reality . . . 285 . . 33. The Cult of Ignorance . . . 293 . . 34. The Sword of Achilles . . . 299 . . 35. How Not to Build a Robot . . . 303 . . 36. The Insidious Uncle Martin . . . 307 . . 37. The Lovely Lost Landscapes of Luna . . . 311