Rare earth : why complex life is uncommon in the universe /
Ward, Peter Douglas, 1949- ,
Rare earth : why complex life is uncommon in the universe / Peter Ward, Donald Brownlee. - xxviii, 333 páginas : ilustraciones
Incluye bibliografía.
Why life might be widespread in the universe -- Habitable zones of the universe -- Building a habitable Earth -- Life´s first appearance on Earth -- How to build animals -- Snowball Earth -- The enigma of the Cambrian explosion -- Mass extinctions and the Rare Earth Hypothesis -- The surprising importance of plate tectonics -- The Moon, Jupiter, and life on Earth -- Testing the Rare Earth Hypotheses -- Assessing the odds -- Messengers from the stars.
0387987010
Vida en otros planetas.
574.999 / W256r 2000
Rare earth : why complex life is uncommon in the universe / Peter Ward, Donald Brownlee. - xxviii, 333 páginas : ilustraciones
Incluye bibliografía.
Why life might be widespread in the universe -- Habitable zones of the universe -- Building a habitable Earth -- Life´s first appearance on Earth -- How to build animals -- Snowball Earth -- The enigma of the Cambrian explosion -- Mass extinctions and the Rare Earth Hypothesis -- The surprising importance of plate tectonics -- The Moon, Jupiter, and life on Earth -- Testing the Rare Earth Hypotheses -- Assessing the odds -- Messengers from the stars.
0387987010
Vida en otros planetas.
574.999 / W256r 2000