Garden of Thought E.402 Where Are The Little Green Men

Terry M. Adair, author of Where are the LittleGreen Men?, and his newly published bookEarth: The Goldilocks Planet.Building upon the famous Drake Equation,Adair introduces a compelling framework thatexamines not only how life begins, but how itsurvives, evolves, and eventually becomesintelligent.From the structure of galaxies and the natureof stars to planetary systems, photosynthesis,biological complexity, and technologicalcivilization, this book traces the remarkablechain of events that made Earth possible.Blending astronomy, astrobiology,evolutionary science, geology, andthermodynamics, Earth: The Goldilocks Planetreveals why our world may occupy a uniquelyfavorable position in the cosmos.