Cosmic biology how life could evolve on other worlds /
In Cosmic Biology, Louis Irwin and Dirk Schulze-Makuch guide readers through the range of planetary habitats found in our Solar System and those likely to be found throughout the universe. Based on our current knowledge of chemistry, energy, and evolutionary tendencies, the authors envision a variet...
| Main Author: | Irwin, Louis N. |
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| Other Authors: | Schulze-Makuch, Dirk, 1964-, SpringerLink (Online Service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; London : Chichester, UK :
Springer ; Published in association with Praxis Pub.,
©2011.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xxi, 337 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy.
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Table of Contents:
- Cosmic Biology; Cosmic Biology; Contents; Contents; Preface; Preface; Illustrations; Illustrations; 1 Rare Earths and Life Unseen; 1 Rare Earths and Life Unseen; 2 Life, Chemistry, Action!; 2 Life, Chemistry, Action!; 3 Life's Fundamentals; 3 Life's Fundamentals; 4 Fire and Water; 4 Fire and Water; 5 Frozen Desert; 5 Frozen Desert; 6 Hell Fire and Brimstone; 6 Hell Fire and Brimstone; 7 Suspended Animation; 7 Suspended Animation; 8 Deep and Dark; 8 Deep and Dark; 9 Fire and Ice; 9 Fire and Ice; 10 Petrolakes; 10 Petrolakes; 11 Exotic Cocktails; 11 Exotic Cocktails.