Is the Universe Teeming With Life, Or Is Life on Earth Unique? [Around the Globe]

This article, recently updated by Lord Rees, is reprinted in a slightly different form from his article in the 2012 Maxwell Newsletter. The James Clerk Maxwell Foundation (JCMF) is dedicated to the life and history of James Clerk Maxwell. A wealth of information is available at http://www.clerkmaxwellfoundation.org/. In addition, the JCMF owns and maintains an extensive collection of Maxwell material at his birthplace in Edinburgh, Scotland. This article was arranged by David Forfar (doforfar@outlook.com) and James Rautio (rautio@ieee.org), both trustees of the James Clerk Maxwell Foundation.