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Author Preston, Louisa, author.

Title Goldilocks and the water bears : the search for life in the universe / Louisa Preston.

Publication Info. London : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2016.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  576.839 PRESTON    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  520 PRE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  520 PRESTON    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  576.839 PRE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  576.83 P92    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  576.839 PRESTON    Check Shelf
Description 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Note Includes index.
Contents A brave new world -- Life as we know it -- How to create a planet fit for life -- The story of life -- Alien worlds on our doorstep -- Everything is relative! -- Searching the solar system -- Extraterrestrial worlds : life not as we know it -- Is the truth really out there? -- The next generation.
Summary Ultimately, we need to figure out what is next for humanity. Our logical move is to break free of the confines of the Earth and colonise another body in the Solar System, such as the Moon or Mars. How and when will we do this? Or is it all just science fiction? These questions, in a nutshell, make up the core of astrobiology-- the study of the origins and evolution and biology of life elsewhere in the universe, and the search for it. This book is an accessible introduction to this most fascinating of all the astro-sciences-- are we alone in the Universe?
Subject Exobiology.
Life on other planets.
Habitable planets.
Exobiology. (OCoLC)fst00918219
Habitable planets. (OCoLC)fst01738509
SCIENCE / Astronomy.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology.
SCIENCE / Space Science.
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