Rare earth :why complex life is uncommon in the universe
- 作者: Ward, Peter D.
- 其他作者: Brownlee, Donald.
- 出版: New York : Copernicus 2003.
- 版本: Pbk. ed.
- 稽核項: 1 online resource (xxviii, 333 pages) :illustrations.
- 標題: Biogenese , Vie extraterrestre. , Exobiologie. , Extraterrestrial Environment , Komplexität , SCIENCE , Origin of Life , Environnement spatial. , Life SciencesEvolution. , Space environment. , Außerirdisches Leben , Electronic books. , Buitenaards leven. , Exobiology , Astrobiologie , SCIENCE Life Sciences -- Evolution. , Exobiology. , xx. , Life on other planets.
- ISBN: 0387218483 , 9780387218489
- ISBN: 0387952896 , 9780387987019
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- 附註: Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-317) and index. Why life might be widespread in the universe -- Habitable zones of the universe -- Building a habitable Earth -- Life's first appearance on Earth -- How to build animals -- Snowball Earth -- The enigma of the Cambrian explosion -- Mass extinctions and the Rare Earth hypothesis -- The surprising importance of plate tectonics -- The Moon, Jupiter, and life on Earth -- Testing the Rare Earth hypotheses -- Assessing the odds -- Messengers from the stars.
- 摘要: In this introduction to the emerging field of astrobiology, a distinguished paleontologist and a noted astronomer team up to provide a fascinating synthesis of what's now known about the rise of life on Earth and how it sheds light on possibilities for organic life forms elsewhere in the universe. Illustrations. First book to synthesize discoveries from astronomy & paleontology regarding the advent of life on earth, & the potential for the development of life on other planets.
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What determines whether complex life will arise on a planet, or even any life at all? Questions such as these are investigated in this groundbreaking book. In doing so, the authors synthesize information from astronomy, biology, and paleontology, and apply it to what we know about the rise of life on Earth and to what could possibly happen elsewhere in the universe. Everyone who has been thrilled by the recent discoveries of extrasolar planets and the indications of life on Mars and the Jovian moon Europa will be fascinated by Rare Earth, and its implications for those who look to the heavens for companionship.
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