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Alien Planet On TV
Section 1.2
Section 1.3
Section 1.4
Section 1.5
Section 1.6
Section 1.7
Section 1.8
Section 1.9
Section 1.10
Section 1.11
Section 1.12
Section 1.13
Section 1.14
Section 1.15
Meet the Scientists
Michio Kaku
Jack Horner
Stephen W. Hawking
J. Craig Venter
Dr. James Garvin
Victoria Meadows
Wayne Barlowe
Randy Pollock
David Moriarty
Curtis Clark
Joan Horvath
James Kirkland
Section 2.13
Section 2.14
Section 2.15
Scientists Answer
What is Life?
How Do We Find Alien Life?
Are We Alone?
Is Intelligent Life Out There?
If We Find Aliens, What Next?
Section 3.6
Section 3.7
Section 3.8
Section 3.9
Section 3.10
Section 3.11
Section 3.12
Section 3.13
Section 3.14
Section 3.15
The Darwin System
Darwin IV
Section 4.7
Section 4.8
Section 4.9
Section 4.10
Section 4.11
Section 4.12
Section 4.13
Section 4.14
Section 4.15
Alien Datafile
Arrowtongue
Beach Quill
Bladderhorn
Daggerwrist
Emperor Sea Strider
Sea Strider Nymph
Groveback
Gyrosprinter
Jetdarter
Littoralope
Pronghead
Skewer
Trunk Sucker
Unth
Section 5.15
Alternate Aliens
The Search for New Worlds
NASA and the SETI Program
The Habitable Zone
Emergence of Life
Aliens in Science Fiction I
Aliens in Science Fiction II
Section 6.7
Section 6.8
Section 6.9
Section 6.10
Section 6.11
Section 6.12
Section 6.13
Section 6.14
Section 6.15
Wallpapers
Section 7.1
Section 7.2
Section 7.3
Section 7.4
Section 7.5
Section 7.6
Section 7.7
Section 7.8
Section 7.9
Section 7.10
Section 7.11
Section 7.12
Section 7.13
Section 7.14
Section 7.15
Extraterrestrial Discussions
Section 8.1
Section 8.2
Section 8.3
Section 8.4
Section 8.5
Section 8.6
Section 8.7
Section 8.8
Section 8.9
Section 8.10
Section 8.11
Section 8.12
Section 8.13
Section 8.14
Section 8.15
Section 9
Section 9.1
Section 9.2
Section 9.3
Section 9.4
Section 9.5
Section 9.6
Section 9.7
Section 9.8
Section 9.9
Section 9.10
Section 9.11
Section 9.12
Section 9.13
Section 9.14
Section 9.15
Section 10
Section 10.1
Section 10.2
Section 10.3
Section 10.4
Section 10.5
Section 10.6
Section 10.7
Section 10.8
Section 10.9
Section 10.10
Section 10.11
Section 10.12
Section 10.13
Section 10.14
Section 10.15
Section 11
Section 11.1
Section 11.2
Section 11.3
Section 11.4
Section 11.5
Section 11.6
Section 11.7
Section 11.8
Section 11.9
Section 11.10
Section 11.11
Section 11.12
Section 11.13
Section 11.14
Section 11.15
Section 12
Section 12.1
Section 12.2
Section 12.3
Section 12.4
Section 12.5
Section 12.6
Section 12.7
Section 12.8
Section 12.9
Section 12.10
Section 12.11
Section 12.12
Section 12.13
Section 12.14
Section 12.15
Section 13
Section 13.1
Section 13.2
Section 13.3
Section 13.4
Section 13.5
Section 13.6
Section 13.7
Section 13.8
Section 13.9
Section 13.10
Section 13.11
Section 13.12
Section 13.13
Section 13.14
Section 13.15
Section 14
Section 14.1
Section 14.2
Section 14.3
Section 14.4
Section 14.5
Section 14.6
Section 14.7
Section 14.8
Section 14.9
Section 14.10
Section 14.11
Section 14.12
Section 14.13
Section 14.14
Section 14.15
Section 15
Section 15.1
Section 15.2
Section 15.3
Section 15.4
Section 15.5
Section 15.6
Section 15.7
Section 15.8
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Section 15.13
Section 15.14
Section 15.15
Meet the Scientists
James Kirkland
Palaeontologist
Utah Geological Survey

Dr. James Kirkland is the state palaeontologist for the Utah Geological Survey. An expert on the Mesozoic Period, his career includes the discoveries of numerous new dinosaurs, including the notable Utahraptor.

Born in Weymouth, Mass., on 24 August 1954, Kirkland graduated in 1977 from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, N.M., with a bachelor's degree in geology. He earned a master's degree in geology at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, and his doctorate in geology at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

 

 

 
Gyrosprinter
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