Books by David Lamb

'Thin end of the wedge' arguments have conventionally been dismissed from the field of ethics. This book argues that moral philosophers cannot ignore the slippery slope.

Now in paperback: the extraordinary portrait of post-war Vietnam told by a journalist who covered the war and returned thirty years later to cover the peace

Looks at SETI's validity as a research programme and examines recent attempts to contact other intelligent life forms. Also assesses theories on the origin of life on Earth, discoveries of former solar planets and proposals for space colonies.