| Life on Earth and Other Planetary Bodies 2012 Edition Contributor(s): Hanslmeier, Arnold (Editor), Kempe, Stephan (Editor), Seckbach, Joseph (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9400792042 ISBN-13: 9789400792043 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution - Science | Astronomy - Science | Physics - Astrophysics |
| Dewey: 576.839 |
| Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.68 lbs) 534 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A trio of editors Professors from Austria, Germany and Israel] present Life on Earth and other Planetary Bodies. The contributors are from twenty various countries and present their research on life here as well as the possibility for extraterrestrial life. This volume covers concepts such as life's origin, hypothesis of Panspermia and of life possibility in the Cosmos. The topic of extraterrestrial life is currently 'hot' and the object of several congresses and conferences. While the diversity of "normal" biota is well known, life on the edge of the extremophiles is more limited and less distributed. Other subjects discussed are Astrobiology with the frozen worlds of Mars, Europa and Titan where extant or extinct microbial life may exist in subsurface oceans; conditions on icy Mars with its saline, alkaline, and liquid water which has been recently discovered; chances of habitable Earth-like or the terrestrial analogues] exoplanets; and SETI's search for extraterrestrial Intelligence. |