Life in space : astrobiology for everyone / / Lucas John Mix.
This book shows how the emerging field of astrobiology investigates the nature of life in space. How did life begin? How common is it? Where do we fit in? These are the important questions that astrobiology seeks to answer. A truly interdisciplinary endeavor, astrobiology looks at the evidence of as...
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 331 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Caught up in life
- Living science
- Defining life
- A well-behaved universe
- Well-behaved observers?
- Life in the cosmos
- Life among the stars
- The planetary phenomenon
- The inner solar system
- The outer solar system
- Extrasolar planets
- Life and time
- Making cells from scratch
- Building biospheres
- Molecules
- Metabolism
- The tree of life
- Exceptions
- Intelligence
- The story of life.