Taxi from another planet: conversations with drivers about life in the universe

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"Taxi drivers love to talk, and when astrobiologist Charles Cockell is their passenger, they love to talk about aliens. This humorous, insightful collection gathers essays inspired by conversations with cabbies, ranging over the possible nature of alien societies, the inevitability of life, and links between environmentalism and space exploration"--
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Evolution -- Public opinion
Extraterrestrial beings -- Public opinion
Life -- Public opinion
Taxicab drivers -- Attitudes
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Evolution
Extraterrestrial beings
Life
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