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The Biological Universe
Life in the Milky Way and Beyond
Buch von Wallace Arthur
Sprache: Englisch

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Current state of play in astrobiology, including exoplanets and their atmospheres, habitable zones and the likelihood of evolution elsewhere.
Current state of play in astrobiology, including exoplanets and their atmospheres, habitable zones and the likelihood of evolution elsewhere.
Über den Autor
Wallace Arthur is an evolutionary biologist who is fascinated by the possibility of evolution occurring on other planets. His first book on this subject was Life through Time and Space (2017), of which the Astronomer Royal Sir Arnold Wolfendale said: 'brilliant and thought-provoking in every way'. The Biological Universe is the sequel.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I. Painting Big Pictures: 1. A tree with millions of twigs; 2. A galaxy with billions of planets; 3. The likelihood of other trees; Part II. Life Here, Implications for Elsewhere: 4. A thin sliver of existence; 5. Energy and life; 6. Habitats and life; 7. Skeletons and life; 8. Intelligence and life; Part III. Planetary Systems and Life: 9. Types of planetary system; 10. Habitable zones; 11. Other habitability factors; 12. How many inhabited planets?; Part IV. Discovering Life: 13. On the repeatability of evolution; 14. Candidate planets; 15. Atmospheric signatures; 16. Radio and life; 17. Sixty years of SETI; Part V. Beyond the Milky Way: 18. The physical universe; 19. The biological universe; 20. The intelligent universe; Bibliography; Acknowledgements.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781108836944
ISBN-10: 1108836941
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Arthur, Wallace
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Maße: 225 x 149 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: Wallace Arthur
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.10.2020
Gewicht: 0,56 kg
Artikel-ID: 118262630
Über den Autor
Wallace Arthur is an evolutionary biologist who is fascinated by the possibility of evolution occurring on other planets. His first book on this subject was Life through Time and Space (2017), of which the Astronomer Royal Sir Arnold Wolfendale said: 'brilliant and thought-provoking in every way'. The Biological Universe is the sequel.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I. Painting Big Pictures: 1. A tree with millions of twigs; 2. A galaxy with billions of planets; 3. The likelihood of other trees; Part II. Life Here, Implications for Elsewhere: 4. A thin sliver of existence; 5. Energy and life; 6. Habitats and life; 7. Skeletons and life; 8. Intelligence and life; Part III. Planetary Systems and Life: 9. Types of planetary system; 10. Habitable zones; 11. Other habitability factors; 12. How many inhabited planets?; Part IV. Discovering Life: 13. On the repeatability of evolution; 14. Candidate planets; 15. Atmospheric signatures; 16. Radio and life; 17. Sixty years of SETI; Part V. Beyond the Milky Way: 18. The physical universe; 19. The biological universe; 20. The intelligent universe; Bibliography; Acknowledgements.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9781108836944
ISBN-10: 1108836941
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Arthur, Wallace
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Maße: 225 x 149 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: Wallace Arthur
Erscheinungsdatum: 29.10.2020
Gewicht: 0,56 kg
Artikel-ID: 118262630
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