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Looking for life in the universe the search for extraterrestrial intelligence

Investigates how scientists, particularly Jill Tarter, Director of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, use twenty-first century technology to investigate whether life exists on other planets.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jackson, Ellen B., 1943-
Other Authors:	Bishop, Nic, 1955- (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
Subjects:	Life on other planets > Juvenile nonfiction. Scientists > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	Investigates how scientists, particularly Jill Tarter, Director of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, use twenty-first century technology to investigate whether life exists on other planets.
Physical Description:	57 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
ISBN:	0618128948
Author Notes:	Ellen Jackson is the award-winning author of more than fifty fiction and nonfiction books for children. Like her father, an amateur astronomer, Ellen has been interested in planets, stars, and galaxies since she was a child. She remembers family "star parties," at which neighbors were invited to gaze through her father's telescope at an eclipse of the moon or other astronomical objects. Nic Bishop, who holds a doctorate in the biological sciences, is the photographer of many acclaimed books for children. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand.Visit his website at:www.nicbishop.com Nic Bishop and author Sy Montgomery won the Sibert Medal in 2011 for their collaborative work on Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot , another Scientist in the Field title."