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BL
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| Record Number
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687034
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b509223
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| Main Entry
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Hanslmeier, Arnold
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| Title & Author
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Habitability and cosmic catastrophes\ Arnold Hanslmeier
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| Publication Statement
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Berlin :: Springer-Verlag,, c2009
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| Series Statement
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Advances in astrobiology and biogeophysics
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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3540769455
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: 9783540769453
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Abstract
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It is known today that the evolution of life on Earth was neither a steady progression nor uniform. There were several periods of mass extinction. These catastrophic events played a crucial role in the rise of new species. The author discusses whether and how such events could have occurred in the recently found extrasolar planetary systems
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Collisions (Astrophysics)
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Exobiology
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Life on other planets
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| LC Classification
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QH326.H367 2009eb
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