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The living cosmos : our search for life in the universe

Chris Impey | Toronto : Random House | 2011

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'[...]

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How to find a habitable planet

James F. Kasting | Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press | Science essentials series | 2010

Past thinking about Earth-like planets and life -- Our habitable Planet Earth. Critical updates on how planets are built ; Long-term climate stability ; More wrinkles in Earth's climate history ; Runaway glaciation and "Snowball Earth" -- Limit[...]

Life in Antarctic deserts and other cold dry environments : astrobiological analogs /

Peter T. Doran, Editor ; W. Berry Lyons, Editor ; Diane M. McKnight, Editor | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | Cambridge astrobiology | 2010

"The McMurdo Dry Valleys form the largest relatively ice-free area on the Antarctic continent. The perennially ice-covered lakes, ephemeral streams and extensive areas of exposed soil are subject to low temperatures, limited precipitation and sa[...]

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Astrobiology of Earth : the emergence, evolution, and future of life on a planet in turmoil /

J. Gale, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | Oxford Biology | 2009

The crowded universe : the search for living planets

Alan Boss | New York : Basic Books | 2009

The author describes radical new ideas about planetary formation and reveals discoveries of bizarre inhabitants of various solar systems.

Exploring the origin, extent, and future of life : philosophical, ethical, and theological perspectives /

Constance M. Bertka, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | Cambridge astrobiology | 2009

"Where did we come from? Are we alone? Where are we going? These are the questions that define the field of astrobiology. New discoveries about life on Earth, the increasing numbers of extrasolar planets being identified, and the technologies be[...]

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Extrasolar planets and astrobiology

Caleb A. Scharf, Author | [S.l.] : University Science Books | 2009

This work offers an advanced introduction to the increasingly robust fields of extrasolar planets and astrobiology. The text is firmly grounded in mathematics and physics and also covers the key issues regarding chemistry, biology and geophysics.

Habitability and cosmic catastrophes

Arnold Hanslmeier | New York, NY : Springer | Advances in astrobiology and biogeophysics | 2009

Life in space : astrobiology for everyone

Lucas John Mix | Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press | 2009

Author Mix explores how the presence of planets around other stars affects our knowledge of our own; 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[...]

Life in space : astrobiology for everyone

Lucas John Mix, Author | Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press | 2009

Author Mix explores how the presence of planets around other stars affects our knowledge of our own; 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[...]

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Beyond UFOs : the search for extraterrestrial life and its astonishing implications for our future

Jeffrey O. Bennett | Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press | 2008

The search for life continued : planets around other stars

Barrie William Jones | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy | 2008

At present we have evidence only of life on Earth. New instruments and techniques are being developed not only to detect exoplanetary systems but that are also capable of analyzing the environments on discovered exoplanets to tell us whether a [...]

Strategies for life detection

Olivier Botta ; et al. | New York, NY : Springer | 2008

An astrobiology strategy for the exploration of Mars

Commitee on an Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration on Mars ; Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; Board on life sciences, Division on Earth and Life Sciences | Washington : The National Academies Press | 2007

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Complete course in astrobiology

G. Horneck, Author ; Petra Rettberg, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | Physics textbook | 2007

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Exploring organic environments in the solar system

Task Group on Organic Environments in the Solar System ; Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology Division on Earth and Life Studies | Washington : The National Academies Press | 2007

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The limits of organic life in planetary systems

Commitee on the Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems ; Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life ; Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences ; Board on life sciences, Division on Earth and Life Sciences | Washington : The National Academies Press | 2007

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The living cosmos : our search for life in the universe

Chris Impey | Toronto : Random House | 2007

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'[...]

Planetary systems and the origin of life

Ralph E. Pudritz, Editor ; Paul G. Higgs, Editor ; J. R. Stone, Editor | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | Cambridge astrobiology | 2007

Beginning with how planetary are discovered, the text examines how these systems formed, and how water and the biomolecules necessary for life were produced. It then focuses on how life may have originated and evolved on Earth. Building on these[...]

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Planetary systems and the origin of life

Ralph E. Pudritz, Editor ; Paul G. Higgs, Editor ; J. R. Stone, Editor | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | Cambridge astrobiology | 2007

Beginning with how planetary are discovered, the text examines how these systems formed, and how water and the biomolecules necessary for life were produced. It then focuses on how life may have originated and evolved on Earth. Building on these[...]

Planets and life : the emerging science of astrobiology

Woodruff Turner Sullivan, Editor ; John A Baross, Editor | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2007

Micrometeorites and the mysteries of our origins

Michel Maurette, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Advances in astrobiology and biogeophysics | 2006

Astrobiology : a multidisciplinary approach

Jonathan I. Lunine | [S.l.] : Pearson, Addison Wesley | 2005

Looking for life, searching the solar system

Paul Clancy ; Andre Brack ; Gerda Horneck | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2005

How did life begin on Earth? Is it confined to our planet? Will humans one day be able to travel long distances in search for other life forms? The book aims to answer these and other intriguing questions.

An introduction to astrobiology

Iain Gilmour, Editor ; Mark A. Sephton, Editor | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2004

Are we alone? Or does life also exist elsewhere in the Universe? This textbook provides an introduction to the eciting new science of astrobiology, which deals with the origins of life on Earth and the possible evolution of life elsewhere in the[...]

The living universe : NASA and the development of astrobiology

Steven J. Dick ; Strick James E. | [S.l.] : Rutgers University Press | 2004

Proceedings of the III european workshop on exo-astrobiology : Mars: the search for life : 18-20 November 2003, Madrid, Spain

R.A. Harris, Editor ; L. Ouwehand, Editor | [S.l.] : European Space Agency | ESA SP | 2004

Life in the universe : an assessment of U.S. and International Programs in Astrobiology

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life ; Space Studies Board-Board on Life Sciences | Washington : The National Academies Press | 2003

Also available in electronic format on cdrom. ASk the librarian.

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Rare earth : why complex life is uncommon in the universe /

Peter D. Ward, Author ; Donald Brownlee, Author | [S.l.] : Copernicus | 2003

"In this engaging and superbly written book, the authors present a carefully reasoned and scientifically astute examination of the age-hold question -"are we alone in the Universe?" Their astonishing conclusion that even simple animal life is mo[...]

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Exo-astrobiology : proceedings of the second european workshop on [...], 16-19 September 2002, Graz, Austria

Huguette Sawaya-Lacoste | [S.l.] : European Space Agency | ESA SP | 2002