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" Life in the universe / "
Jeffrey Bennett, Seth Shostak
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BL
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627174
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Bennett, Jeffrey O
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Life in the universe /\ Jeffrey Bennett, Seth Shostak
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3rd ed
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San Francisco :: Pearson Addison-Wesley,, ©2012
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xv, 484, [43] pages :: illustrations (some color), color maps ;; 28 cm
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9780321687678
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: 0321687671
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: 9780321747303
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: 0321747305
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Includes index
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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pt. 1. Introducing life in the universe. A universe of life? ; The science of life in the universe ; The universal context of life -- pt. 2. Life on Earth. The habitability of Earth ; The nature of life on Earth ; The origin and evolution of life on Earth -- pt. 3. Life in the solar system. Searching for life in our solar system ; Mars ; Life on jovian moons ; The nature and evolution of habitability -- pt. 4. Life among the stars. Habitability outside the solar system ; The search for extraterrestrial intelligence ; Interstellar travel and the Fermi paradox
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Exobiology
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Life-- Origin
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QH327.B45 2012
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Shostak, G. Seth
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