Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: A Brave New World

Chapter 2: Life As We Know It

Chapter 3: How to Create a Planet Fit for Life

Chapter 4: The Story of Life

Chapter 5: Alien Worlds on Our Doorstep

Chapter 6: Everything is Relative!

Chapter 7: Searching the Solar System

Chapter 8: Extraterrestrial Worlds: Life Not As We Know It

Chapter 9: Is the Truth Really Out There?

Chapter 10: The Next Generation

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

Index