Ward, Peter Douglas,  1949- , <br/><br/>
Rare earth :  why complex life is uncommon in the universe / 
Peter Ward, Donald Brownlee. 
 - xxviii, 333 páginas :  ilustraciones 
<br/><br/>Incluye bibliografía. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0387987010 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Vida en otros planetas.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>574.999  / W256r 2000