Life Everywhere: The New Science Of Astrobiology - Couverture rigide

Darling, David

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0465015638 ISBN 13 : 9780465015634

Editeur : Basic Books, 2001

Synopsis

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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Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Biographie de l'auteur

David Darling has a D.Sc. in Physics from Sheffield University and a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Manchester, England. He lectures widely and is the author of about forty science books for adults and for children. He lives in Brainerd, Minnesota.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0465015638
• ISBN 13: 9780465015634
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible