Life Everywhere

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Science/Astronomy
For many people, the main question about extraterrestrial life is whether or not it exists. To much of the scientific community, however, that question has already been answered: It does. And it's probably within our own solar system. David Darling explains the new science of astrobi-ology as it is already being practiced at NASA's Astrobiology Institute and the University of Washington's new Department of Astrobiology. The latest findings all point in one direction: Life is easier to start up and is possible in more diverse environments than previously thought. Life Everywhere tells why many scientists believe its discovery is inevitable, and what they think we will learn from it.
"Except for the outrageous lack of a question mark in the title, Darling's book serves as an enthralling introduction to the new science of astrobiology and the old, still exhilarating philosophical question of our place in the universe." —Lynn Margulis, author of Symbiotic Planet... Tovább

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Science/Astronomy
For many people, the main question about extraterrestrial life is whether or not it exists. To much of the scientific community, however, that question has already been answered: It does. And it's probably within our own solar system. David Darling explains the new science of astrobi-ology as it is already being practiced at NASA's Astrobiology Institute and the University of Washington's new Department of Astrobiology. The latest findings all point in one direction: Life is easier to start up and is possible in more diverse environments than previously thought. Life Everywhere tells why many scientists believe its discovery is inevitable, and what they think we will learn from it.
"Except for the outrageous lack of a question mark in the title, Darling's book serves as an enthralling introduction to the new science of astrobiology and the old, still exhilarating philosophical question of our place in the universe." —Lynn Margulis, author of Symbiotic Planet and Acquiring Genomes
"A lucid and surprisingly accurate introduction to the field of astrobiology and a thoughtful response to the Rare Earth Hypothesis. Carl Sagan would have been pleased to see this." —James R. Kasting, Penn State Astrobiology
Research Center
has a B.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 forty science books for adults and for children. He lives in Brainerd, Minnesota.
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