Life in Space : : Astrobiology for Everyone / / Lucas John Mix.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Mix, Lucas John,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; 1. Caught Up in Life --; 2. Living Science --; 3. Defining Life --; 4. A Well-Behaved Universe --; 5. Well-Behaved Observers? --; 6. Life in the Cosmos --; 7. Life among the Stars --; 8. The Planetary Phenomenon --; 9. The Inner Solar System --; 10. The Outer Solar System --; 11. Extrasolar Planets --; 12. Life and Time --; 13. Making Cells from Scratch --; 14. Building Biospheres --; 15. Molecules --; 16. Metabolism --; 17. The Tree of Life --; 18. Exceptions --; 19. Intelligence --; 20. The Story of Life --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674054288; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674054288
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Lucas John Mix.

A truly interdisciplinary endeavor, astrobiology looks at the evidence of astronomy, biology, physics, chemistry, and a host of other fields. A grand narrative emerges, beginning from the smallest, most common particles yet producing amazing complexity and order. Lucas Mix is a congenial guide through the depths of astrobiology, exploring how the presence of planets around other stars affects our knowledge of our own planet; how water, carbon, and electrons interact to form life as we know it; and how the processes of evolution and entropy act upon every living thing.