Aliens Past Present Future covers the subject of extraterrestrial life from every angle from the earliest speculations more than 400 years ago to today's ongoing search for Earth 20 In between are lessons learned about how life originated on our own planet as well as the story behind the vast cult that has grown up around flying saucers & strange visitors from other planets including popular culture renditions of them The book is organised into three parts Part 1 reviews humankind's changing thinking about possible worlds other than our own through history Part 2 discusses the science of extraterrestrial life in a way that every reader
- non-scientist & scientist alike
- will understand & Part 3 explores the deep impact the idea of extraterrestrial beings has had
- not only on science & space exploration but on popular culture as well
- & its potential impact on philosophy & religion The very concept of extraterrestrial life has been a driving force behind our exploration of the universe & a pervasive presence in movies books comics & advertising throughout the past century Written by bestselling author Ron Miller the book features more than 200 illustrations
- from centuries-old engravings book comic & magazine art movie posters purported UFO photographs to colour illustrations showing what today's cutting-edge scientists think extraterrestrial life could be like Could there even be aliens among us already?