| Title: | Life in space : astrobiology for everyone |
| Authors: | Lucas John Mix, Author |
| Material Type: | eBook |
| Publisher: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2009 |
| ISBN / ISSN / EAN : | 978-0-674-05428-8 |
| Format: | 1 online resource (viii, 331 p.) / ill. |
| Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-325) and index |
| Languages: | English |
| Class number: | QH326 |
| Subjects: | Exobiology |
| Description: | 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. He also reveals that our understanding and our context are deeply intertwined, showing how much astrobiology can tell us about who we are--as a planet, as a species, and as individuals.--From publisher description. |
| Contents note: | Caught up in life -- Living science -- Defining life -- A well-behaved universe -- Well-behaved observers? -- Life in the cosmos -- Life among the stars -- The planetary phenomenon -- The inner solar system -- The outer solar system -- Extrasolar planets -- Life and time -- Making cells from scratch -- Building biospheres -- Molecules -- Metabolism -- The tree of life -- Exceptions -- Intelligence -- The story of life. |
| Format : | Online |
| Permalink: | https://isulibrary.isunet.edu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=8576 |
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