Full title: The search for life on other planets / by Bruce Jakosky.

Author/creator: Jakosky, Bruce M.

Date: 1998..

Call Numbers: T0387525

Record Identifier: 74VM0mjZm20d

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: ix, 326 p. : ill. ; 26 cm., 1. The search for life in the universe -- 2. Impacts, extinctions, and the earliest history of life on Earth -- 3. The history of the Earth -- 4. The Earth's geological record and the earliest life -- 5. Energy and life in unique environments on Earth -- 6. Origin of life on Earth -- 7. Requirements for extraterrestrial life -- 8. Is life on Mars possible? -- 9. Possible fossil martian life in meteorites from Mars -- 10. Implanting life on Mars -- 11. The exobiology of Venus -- 12. Titan - a natural exobiology laboratory? -- 13. Exobiology in the Jupiter system -- 14. Formation of planets around other stars -- 15. Searching for planets around other stars -- 16. The habitability of planets around other stars -- 17. Intelligent life in the universe -- 18. Life in the universe.

Publishers: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 310-323) and index. Transferred from N576.839/5.

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DDC: 576.839

MMS ID: 991001668079702626