MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2010925410
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005 20131029160406.0
008 100324s2011 nyuab b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9781441916464 (pbk.)
020 $a1441916466 (pbk.)
020 $z9781441916471 (e-ISBN)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn502034079
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042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aQH326$b.I78 2011
082 04 $a576.839$222
100 1 $aIrwin, Louis N.
245 10 $aCosmic biology :$bhow life could evolve on other worlds /$cLouis Neal Irwin and Dirk Schulze-Makuch.
260 $aNew York ;$aLondon :$bSpringer ;$aChichester, UK ;$bPublished in association with Praxis Pub.,$cc2011.
300 $axxi, 337 p. :$bill. (some col.), maps ;$c25 cm.
490 1 $aSpringer-Praxis books in popular astronomy
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"It is very unlikely that little green humanoids are living on Mars. But what are the possible life forms that might exist in our Solar System and how might they have evolved? This ... book on the possibilities for alien life addresses the intrinsic interest that we have about life on other worlds -- reinforcing some of our assumptions and reshaping others. It introduces new possibilities that will enlarge our understanding of the issue overall, in particular the enormous range of environments and planetary conditions within which life might evolve. ... discusses a broad range of possible environments where alien life might have evolved; explains why carbon-based, water-borne life is more likely than its alternatives, but is not the only possibility; applies the principles of planetary science and modern biology to evolutionary scenarios on other worlds; looks at the future fates of living systems, including those on the Earth."--$cSource other than Library of Congress.
650 0 $aLife on other planets.
650 0 $aExobiology.
650 0 $aLife$xOrigin.
650 0 $aHabitable planets.
700 1 $aSchulze-Makuch, Dirk,$d1964-
830 0 $aSpringer-Praxis books in popular astronomy.