Looking for Life, Searching the Solar System - Rilegato

Clancy, Paul; Brack, André; Horneck, Gerda

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0521824508 ISBN 13: 9780521824507

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Riassunto

Broad ranging book covering life, its origins, survival, and the search for other life in the Solar System.

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Recensione

Review of the hardback: 'The authors of Looking for Life, Searching the Solar System have pooled their expertise to produce an accurate, up-to-date and highly readable survey of the field.' New Scientist

Review of the hardback: '... serious students will find it very useful indeed.' Sky at Night

Review of the hardback: 'The information within - the whole sweet mystery of life in the solar system - is enough to make you want to go into orbit with them.' The Guardian

Review of the hardback: '...a fascinating and thorough round-up of present research and future hopes for one of humankind's most fundamental quests.' Astronomy Now

Review of the hardback: '... when I read the book, I was very pleased to find that it tackled the subject from a different angle, giving a new perspective on the material, and hence is a valuable addition to the astrobiology canon ... the book is an informative and well-written account of astrobiology from the perspective of a contribution from human exploration of the Solar System.' The Observatory

Review of the hardback: '... on the essentials of space exploration, Looking for Life couldn't be better ... Perhaps most interesting for those of us sitting on a decaying planet Earth and wondering how humanity might ever escape from it, is the section on ''The cosmic biological imperative'. Its chapters outline the sort of spacecraft we might need to embark on our exploration, how many crew, their physical and psychological needs.' Cosmos

Review of the hardback: '...the book is an informative and well written account of astrobiology from the the perspective of a contribution from human exploration of the solar system.' The Observatory

Descrizione del libro

How did life begin on Earth? Is it confined to our planet? Will humans one day be able to travel long distances in space in search of other life forms? Written by three experts in the space arena, this book aims to answer these and other intriguing questions.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521824508
• ISBN 13: 9780521824507
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 364
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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