The Plurality of Worlds: From Ancient Debate to Modern Astrobiology
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Across centuries, thinkers from Leucippus, Democritus, and Epicurus to Copernicus, Bruno, Kepler, Cyrano de Bergerac, Fontanelle, and Carl Sagan debated whether other worlds harbor life, a journey from ancient philosophy and theology to modern science and SETI about whether life is common in the universe.
