Weird life : the search for life that is very, very different from our own / David Toomey.
2013
QH313 .T66 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
Weird life : the search for life that is very, very different from our own / David Toomey.
Author
Toomey, David M.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780393071580
0393071588
0393071588
Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]
Language
English
Description
xviii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Call Number
QH313 .T66 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
571
Summary
Introduces unusual life-forms and the scientists who search for them and traces the discoveries of unfamiliar life forms in extreme areas of the solar system.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-255) and index.
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Table of Contents
Prologue
Extremophiles
A Shadow Biosphere
Defining Life
Starting from Scratch
A Bestiary of Weird Life
Life from Comets, Life on Stars, and Life in the Very Far Future
Intelligent Weird Life
Weird Life in Science Fiction
Weird Life in the Multiverse
Epilogue
Glossary.
Extremophiles
A Shadow Biosphere
Defining Life
Starting from Scratch
A Bestiary of Weird Life
Life from Comets, Life on Stars, and Life in the Very Far Future
Intelligent Weird Life
Weird Life in Science Fiction
Weird Life in the Multiverse
Epilogue
Glossary.