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Description:
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Long recognized as the premier text for courses dealing with astrobiology, "The search for life in the universe" now appears in a completely revised and updated third edition. This book engages students by presenting a great, unsolved mystery: how likely is life beyond Earth, and how can we find it if it exists? The text covers the fundamentals of astronomy, astrophysics, and planetary science, including the discovery of more than 55 planets around other stars, and also provides an overview of biology, geology, evolution and the possibilities of interstellar travel and communication. Written for readers with no background in mathematics, the book includes 24 color insert pages and brilliantly rendered illustrations by Jon Lomberg.
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