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Goldilocks and the Water Bears
The Search for Life in the Universe
Taschenbuch von Louisa Preston
Sprache: Englisch

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'Highly recommended' Financial Times

Today we know of only a single planet that hosts life: the Earth. But across a Universe of at least 100 billion possibly habitable worlds, surely our planet isn't the only one which, like the porridge Goldilocks sought, is just right for life?

Astrobiologists search the galaxy for conditions that are suitable for life to exist, focusing on similar worlds located at the perfect distance from their Sun, within the aptly named 'Goldilocks Zone'. Such a place might have liquid water on its surface, and may therefore support a thriving biosphere.

What might life look like on other worlds? It is possible to make best-guesses using facts rooted in science, and by studying 'extremophiles' - organisms such as the near-indestructible water bears, which can survive in the harshest conditions that Earth, and even space, can offer.

Goldilocks and the Water Bears is a tale of the origins and evolution of life, and the quest to find it on other planets, on moons, in other galaxies, and throughout the Universe.
'Highly recommended' Financial Times

Today we know of only a single planet that hosts life: the Earth. But across a Universe of at least 100 billion possibly habitable worlds, surely our planet isn't the only one which, like the porridge Goldilocks sought, is just right for life?

Astrobiologists search the galaxy for conditions that are suitable for life to exist, focusing on similar worlds located at the perfect distance from their Sun, within the aptly named 'Goldilocks Zone'. Such a place might have liquid water on its surface, and may therefore support a thriving biosphere.

What might life look like on other worlds? It is possible to make best-guesses using facts rooted in science, and by studying 'extremophiles' - organisms such as the near-indestructible water bears, which can survive in the harshest conditions that Earth, and even space, can offer.

Goldilocks and the Water Bears is a tale of the origins and evolution of life, and the quest to find it on other planets, on moons, in other galaxies, and throughout the Universe.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface

1. A Brave New World
2. Life As We Know It
3. How to Create a Planet Fit for Life
4. The Story of Life
5. Alien Worlds on Our Doorstep
6. Everything is Relative!
7. Searching the Solar System
8. Extraterrestrial Worlds: Life Not As We Know It
9. Is the Truth Really Out There?
10. The Next Generation

Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 288 S.
ISBN-13: 9781472920119
ISBN-10: 1472920112
Sprache: Englisch
Autor: Preston, Louisa
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Sigma
Bloomsbury Specialist
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestraße 122 a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 198 x 129 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Louisa Preston
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.01.2018
Gewicht: 0,205 kg
Artikel-ID: 108141767
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface

1. A Brave New World
2. Life As We Know It
3. How to Create a Planet Fit for Life
4. The Story of Life
5. Alien Worlds on Our Doorstep
6. Everything is Relative!
7. Searching the Solar System
8. Extraterrestrial Worlds: Life Not As We Know It
9. Is the Truth Really Out There?
10. The Next Generation

Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 288 S.
ISBN-13: 9781472920119
ISBN-10: 1472920112
Sprache: Englisch
Autor: Preston, Louisa
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Sigma
Bloomsbury Specialist
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestraße 122 a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 198 x 129 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Louisa Preston
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.01.2018
Gewicht: 0,205 kg
Artikel-ID: 108141767
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