How to find a habitable planet /
"Ever since Carl Sagan first predicted that extraterrestrial civilizations must number in the millions, the search for life on other planets has gripped our imagination. Is Earth so rare that advanced life forms like us--or even the simplest biological organisms--are unique to the universe? How...
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| التنسيق: | Licensed eBooks |
| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
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Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock :
Princeton University Press
2012.
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| سلاسل: | Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv21r3ps9 |
| الملخص: | "Ever since Carl Sagan first predicted that extraterrestrial civilizations must number in the millions, the search for life on other planets has gripped our imagination. Is Earth so rare that advanced life forms like us--or even the simplest biological organisms--are unique to the universe? How to Find a Habitable Planet describes how scientists are testing Sagan's prediction, and demonstrates why Earth may not be so rare after all."-- |
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| وصف المادة: | Originally published: 2010. |
| وصف مادي: | 1 online resource (xiv, 332 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| بيبلوغرافيا: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ردمك: | 9781400845088 1400845084 9780691156279 0691156271 |