The Life and Death of Planet Earth: How the New Science of Astrobiology Charts the Ultimate Fate of Our World

Peter D. Ward; Donald Brownlee

ISBN 10: 0805067817 / ISBN 13: 9780805067811

Editore: Times Books, 2003

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Riassunto:

Draws on current findings in astrobiology to chart the story of the second half of the planet Earth's life, predicting that the process of planetary evolution will effectively reverse itself until life discontinues and the world becomes engulfed by an expanding sun. 30,000 first printing.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Peter Ward and Don Brownlee are the co-authors of the acclaimed and bestselling Rare Earth. Ward is a professor of geological science and zoology at the University of Washington and the author of nine other books, including Future Evolution, The Call of Distant Mammoths, and The End of Evolution, which was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Brownlee is a professor of astronomy at the University of Washington.

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Titolo: The Life and Death of Planet Earth: How the ...
Casa editrice: Times Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2003
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket