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Introduction: Where is Everybody? – Jim Al-Khalili
1. Aliens and Us: Could Post-humans Spread through the Galaxy? – Martin Rees
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
2. (Un)welcome Visitors: Why Aliens Might Visit Us – Lewis Dartnell
3. Flying Saucers: A Brief History of Sightings and Conspiracies – Dallas Campbell
4. Aliens on Earth: What Octopus Minds Can Tell Us about Alien Consciousness – Anil Seth
5. Abducted: The Psychology of Close Encounters with Extraterrestrials – Chris French
WHERE TO LOOK FOR LIFE ELSEWHERE
6. Home Sweet Home: What Makes a Planet Habitable? – Chris McKay
7. The Next-Door Neighbours: The Search for Life on Mars – Monica Grady
8. Further Out: Could the Moons of the Gas Giants Harbour Life? – Louisa Preston
9. Monsters, Victims, Friends: Aliens in Science Fiction Writing – Ian Stewart
LIFE AS WE KNOW IT
10. Randomness versus Complexity: The Chemistry of Life – Andrea Sella
11. Electric Origins in Deep-Sea Vents: How Life Got Started on Earth – Nick Lane
12. Quantum Leap: Could Quantum Mechanics Hold the Secret of (Alien) Life? – Johnjoe McFadden
13. A Cosmic Imperative: How Easy Is It for Life to Get Started? – Paul C. W. Davies
14. Alone in the Universe: The Improbability of Alien Civilisations – Matthew Cobb
ALIEN HUNTING
15. It Came from Beyond the Silver Screen! Aliens in the Movies – Adam Rutherford
16. What Are We Looking For? An Overview of the Search for Extraterrestrials – Nathalie Cabrol
17. Are They Out There? Technology, the Drake Equation, and Looking for Life on Other Worlds – Sara Seager
18. Good Atmosphere: Identifying the Signs of Life on Distant Worlds – Giovanna Tinetti
19. What Next? The Future of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence – Seth Shostak
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