| Description |
224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 218) and index. |
| Summary |
Murdin invites readers to join him in exploring an extraordinary array of evidence on how life developed on Earth, and how it could have developed on other planets. He examines who forms it might take, and how likely we are to be able to communicate with aliens if we do make contact. |
| Contents |
Introduction: In search of new lands and peoples -- The century of astrobiology -- Other worlds -- In search of alien intelligence -- Life in the Solar System -- The Earth, life's home -- Life gets going -- The spark of life's beginning -- Evolution of a planet -- The evolution of life -- The Sun: source of vital- or death-dealing- energy -- Life and the climate -- Considering disasters -- Mars: dead or alive? -- Ice world: Europa -- Glimpses of the Old Earth: Enceladus and Titan -- Are we lonely, or really alone? -- Glossary. |
| Subject |
Life on other planets.
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Cosmology.
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Astronomy.
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Astronomy. (OCoLC)fst00819673
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Cosmology. (OCoLC)fst00880600
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Life on other planets. (OCoLC)fst00998301
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Außerirdisches Leben (DE-601)104768088
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| ISBN |
9780500516713 |
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0500516715 |
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