The living cosmos : our search for life in the universe

The living cosmos : our search for life in the universe / Chris Impey.

A fascinating insight into our place in the Universe, ideal for anyone wanting to know more about astrobiology.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Impey, Chris (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Life > Origin.
Exobiology.
Life on other planets.
Extraterrestrial anthropology.
Extraterrestrial anthropology
Life > Origin
Exobiology
Life on other planets
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION; PREFACE; 1 THE UNFINISHED REVOLUTION; The Audacity Of The Greeks; Thinking deeply about nature; From atoms to worlds; The man who displaced the earth; Witnessing the birth of science; How We Know What We Know; We are all scientists; From patterns to understanding; The toolkit of science; Better living through logic; Does science have limits?; The Copernican Revolution; The reluctant revolutionary; The mystic of many worlds; Cementing the heliocentric model; Worlds in collision; Master of the universe; Modern Cosmology.
  • Herschel scans the skiesBetter telescopes, better technology; Hubble and the nature of the nebulae; Welcome to the expanding universe; Einstein gives shape to gravity; Big bang; Enigmas of the universe; Enhancing Our Senses; Extending the reach of the eye; Detecting invisible waves; Exotic messengers; Our Place In The Universe; Space: a toy model; Time: a toy model; The Emergence Of Astrobiology; Chemistry is cosmic; The nature and evolution of life; Astronomy and the vastness of space; Astrobiology grows up; 2 LIFE'S ORIGINS; Cosmic Chemistry; Helium and the big bang.
  • The stuff of the universeCauldron of the elements; Cycles of life and death; Deep Time; Everyday time; Time using gravity; Atoms and time; The clocks in the rocks; First Traces Of Life; The art of reading rocks; Finding the oldest rocks; A time capsule of life; Body fossils; Trace fossils; Molecular fossils; Life's early frontier; Life In A Bottle; The millerurey experiment; Ingredients from space; The Nature Of Life; Life uses energy; Life battles disorder; Life stores information; The mechanism of evolution; How Did Life Start?; An intelligent designer?; From atoms to molecules.
  • Rna is specialThe first replicator; The first cell; The birth of evolution; One Earth; Gaia; An intricate dance; 3 EXTREME LIFE; The Tree Of Life; Appearances can be deceiving; Phylogenetic trees; Intimate strangers; The unity of life; A genetic bazaar; Our Distant Ancestors; Protists are neat; The father of extreme life; Champion Extremophiles; Almost invulnerable; Cute but tough; Redefining normal; Some like it hot; Living at the edge; Lost worlds; Meet the titans of toxicity; Strategies for survival; Extreme Industries; Miniature industrialists; The midas touch; Photocopying dna.
  • Tiny superheroes to the rescueA conspiracy of germs; Cosmic Hitchhikers; Riding the interplanetary shuttle; A thimbleful of stardust; Living among the stars; How Strange Can Life Be?; Chance and necessity; Life 1.1; Life 2.0; Exploring the biological landscape; Artificial Life; Life in a computer; Alife; Life beyond biology; Welcome to the singularity; 4 SHAPING EVOLUTION; Birth Of The Earth; Clues from the crime scene; Collapse of the solar nebula; From dust bunnies to planets; Collisions and catastrophes; The primeval earth; Impacts; Weighing the odds; Tunguska; The big one.

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