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Title:
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Weird life : the search for life that is very, very different from our own /
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Authors:
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David M. Toomey, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Edition statement:
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First edition.
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Publisher:
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[S.l.] : W. W. Norton & Company, 2013
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-393-07158-0
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Size:
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xviii, 268 pages / illustrations / 22 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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QH325
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Subjects:
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Adaptation, Biological
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Ecology
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Extreme environments
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Life (Biology)
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Life on other planets
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Description:
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Contents note:
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Prologue -- Extremophiles -- A Shadow biosphere -- Defining life -- Starting from scratch -- A Bestiary of weird life -- Life from comets, life on stars, and life in the very far future -- Intelligent weird life -- Weird life in science fiction -- Weird life in the multiverse -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index
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