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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
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 astronomy, biology, physics, chemistry, and a host of other fields. A grand narrative emerges, beginning from the smallest, most common particles yet producing...
Publisher
The University of Arizona Press in collaboration with Lunar and Planetary Institute
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Planetary Astrobiology provides an accessible, interdisciplinary gateway to the frontiers of knowledge in astrobiology via results from the exploration of our own solar system and exoplanetary systems"--
7) Beyond UFOs: the search for extraterrestrial life and its astonishing implications for our future
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
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Language
English
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Describes the startling discoveries being made in the very real science of astrobiology, an intriguing new field that blends astronomy, biology, and geology to explore the possibility of life on other planets. Jeffrey Bennett takes readers beyond UFOs to discuss some of the tantalizing questions astrobiologists grapple with every day: What is life and how does it begin? What makes a planet or moon habitable? Is there life on Mars or elsewhere in the...
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English
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Astrobiology, the study of life in space, is one of today's fastest growing fields of science. In this accessible and elegantly reasoned book, scholar and researcher Impey explores the foundations of this rapidly developing discipline, where it's going, and what it's likely to find. If Earth is not the only planet, it is so far the only living one that we know of. Impey reveals the incredible proliferation and variety of life on Earth, paying special...
9) The history and philosophy of astrobiology: perspectives on extraterrestrial life and the human mind
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Series
Cambridge astrobiology volume 4
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English