Life in Space : : Astrobiology for Everyone / / 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 throu...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2009 |
Blwyddyn Gyhoeddi: | 2009 |
Iaith: | English |
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Disgrifiad Corfforoll: | 1 online resource (344 p.) |
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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 |
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Crynodeb: | 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. |
Fformat: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674054288 9783110756067 9783110442205 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674054288 |
Mynediad: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Lucas John Mix. |