Scientists Who Have Considered This Topic
Scientists who have considered possible alternatives to carbon-water biochemistry include:
- J.B.S. Haldane (1892 to 1964), a geneticist noted for his work on abiogenesis.
- V.Axel Firsoff (1910 to 1981), British astronomer.
- Peter Sneath (1923 to 2011), microbiologist, author of the book Planets and Life.
- The physicist Gerald Feinberg (1933-1992) and the chemist Robert Shapiro (1935-2011), co-authors of the book Life Beyond Earth.
- The American chemist George Pimentel of the University of California, Berkeley.
- Isaac Asimov, biochemist and science fiction writer.
- Carl Sagan, astronomer.
- Robert A. Freitas Jnr, specialist in nano-technology and nano-medicine; author of the book Xenology.
- The Cambridge biologist William Bains, a contributor to the journal Astrobiology.
- John Baross, oceanographer and astrobiologist, who chaired a committee of scientists under the United States National Research Council which in 2007 published a report on life's limiting conditions. The report addresses the concern that a space agency might conduct a well-resourced search for life on other worlds "and then fail to recognize it if it is encountered".
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