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Life Everywhere: The New Science Of Astrobiology

By David Darling

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
2001
ISBN
0465015638, 9780465015634
LCC
QH327 .D37 2001
Google Books ID
HYWrKuzLyYoC
Open Library ID
OL3943685M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12093792 bytes)
Pages
221\221
Topic
Biology
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00
Биологические дисциплины;Астробиология

Description

To many people, the main question about extraterrestrial life is whether or not it exists. But to the scientific community, that question has already been answered: It does. So confident are scientists of the existence of life on other planets that they've invested serious amounts of money, time and prestige in finding and studying it. NASA has started an Institute of Astrobiology, for instance, and the University of Washington, Seattle, began in September 1999 to accept graduate students into its Department of Astrobiology.Life Everywhere is the first book to lay out for a general reader what the new science of astrobiology is all about. It asks the fascinating questions researchers are asking themselves and one another:u What is life?u How does it originate?u How often does life survive once it arises?u How does evolution work?u What determines whether complex or even intelligent life will emerge from more primitive forms?Informed by interviews with most of the experts in this nascent subject, Life Everywhere introduces readers to one of the most important scientific disciplines of the coming century.

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