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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Формат: | Licensed eBooks |
Хэл сонгох: | англи |
Хэвлэсэн: |
Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock :
Princeton University Press
2012.
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Цуврал: | Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))
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Онлайн хандалт: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv21r3ps9 |
Тойм: | "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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Зүйлийн тодорхойлолт: | Originally published: 2010. |
Биет тодорхойлолт: | 1 online resource (xiv, 332 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
Номзүй: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781400845088 1400845084 9780691156279 0691156271 |