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Searching for Life Out There

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Sharing the Sky

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Are we alone in the Universe? What if there is intelligent life on other planets? Among the most common questions we have heard from children, especially older children, these, which address the issue of life elsewhere, reflect; a central theme and deserve careful answers. While the discussion that follows is a little more complex than the general level of this book, we have found that children are so interested in the subject that they absorb the material quite well.

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© 1997 David H. Levy, Larry A. Lebofsky, and Nancy R. Lebofsky

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Levy, D.H., Lebofsky, L.A., Lebofsky, N.R. (1997). Searching for Life Out There. In: Sharing the Sky. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6371-0_16

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