000782515 000__ 04767cam\a2200541Ii\4500 000782515 001__ 782515 000782515 005__ 20230306143326.0 000782515 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000782515 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 000782515 008__ 170603s2017\\\\sz\\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000782515 019__ $$a988384999$$a988558751 000782515 020__ $$a9783319529110$$q(electronic book) 000782515 020__ $$a3319529110$$q(electronic book) 000782515 020__ $$z9783319529103 000782515 020__ $$z3319529102 000782515 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)ocn988868410 000782515 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)988868410$$z(OCoLC)988384999$$z(OCoLC)988558751 000782515 040__ $$aEBLCP$$beng$$epn$$cEBLCP$$dOCLCO$$dGW5XE$$dOCLCQ$$dYDX$$dN$T$$dUAB 000782515 049__ $$aISEA 000782515 050_4 $$aQH331 000782515 050_4 $$aQ162 000782515 08204 $$a570$$223 000782515 08204 $$a500 000782515 1001_ $$aStevenson, David S.,$$d1968- 000782515 24514 $$aThe nature of life and its potential to survive /$$cDavid S. Stevenson. 000782515 260__ $$aCham :$$bSpringer,$$c2017. 000782515 300__ $$a1 online resource (466 pages). 000782515 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000782515 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000782515 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000782515 4901_ $$aAstronomers' Universe 000782515 500__ $$aMutually Assured Destruction: Courtesy of the LHC? 000782515 504__ $$aReferences4.: Life asßtheßEvolution of Information; Introduction; The Entropy Illusion; The Lady's Not forßTurning-Why Evolution Never Goes Backwards; Hypermutation; Redundancy andßDegeneracy: TheßLifeblood ofßEvolution; The Genetic Code; Hox Genes; Gene Networks andßGenetic Learning; Redundancy, Entropy andßtheßMajor Transitions inßEvolution; Epigenetics: Add aßDash ofßLamarckian Unpredictability; Conclusions; References; 5.: Life Jim, But Not asßWeßKnow It; Introduction; A Recap; Using theßDeep Biosphere asßaßGuide toßAlien Life; Signs ofßLife; Life Under aßCrimson Sun. 000782515 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000782515 5050_ $$aDedication; Preface; Contents; About the Author; 1.: What Is Life?; Introduction; Beyond theßSix Kingdoms; How Do Our Genes Work?; The Shifting Landscape ofßOur Genes; Genes onßtheßMove; The CRISPy Side ofßEvolution; How MRS GREN Became MRS GREEN; The Deep Biosphere; Life, theßUniverse andßMaybe Everything; Conclusions; References; 2.: Life's Grand Themes; Introduction; The Replication andßTransmission ofßInformation; The Persistence ofßCells; Photosynthesis andßtheßOxygen Revolution; Of Peroxides andßPerchlorates; Sex andßSexuality; From Unicellular toßMulticellular Life. 000782515 5058_ $$aSensation Neurons, Brains andßIntegration; Are There Reasonable Alternatives toßMulticellular Central Nervous Systems?; In Silico: TheßFuture ofßIntelligence Everywhere?; The Idea ofßanßIntelligence Window; A Few Final Scenarios; Conclusions; References; 3.: The Origin ofßLife onßEarth; Introduction; The Dark, Young Earth; What Do Astrochemists Know About Life?; Southern Fried Chickens andßPoached Eggs; Before theßRNA World; The Rise ofßModern Genetics fromßMolecular Goo; How Might Life onßEarth Compare toßIts Rise Elsewhere?; The Emergence ofßPhotosynthesis; Conclusions. 000782515 5058_ $$aInsurmountable Problems? The Rhythm ofßLife; The Color ofßSpring; ET -- From the Familiar to the Sublime; Sub-glacial Life; Living Rocks; The Blob; Dustballs, Tumbleweeds andßSelf-assembling Organisms; Planet-Wide Microbial Consciousness; In Silico Life: AßReprise; Can aßStar BeßAlive?; Nebular Life?; Life onßNearby Shores; The Signatures ofßLife; Metabolism; The Great Pump; Biological Impact onßPlanetary Atmospheres; Conclusions; References; 6.: Extinction; Introduction; Humans asßMass Killers; The Five Major Extinctions; The Ordovician Extinctions; The Devonian Event. 000782515 5058_ $$aThe Great Dying The Fall ofßPangaea andßtheßRise ofßtheßDinosaurs; The Rise ofßMammals; Take-Home Messages fromßtheßMass Extinctions; Can Life BeßDefeated?; Conclusions; References; 7.: Agents ofßMass Destruction; Introduction; Our Own Worst Enemy; Global Warming; Nuclear War; Overpopulation; Pestilence; Collapsing Economies; Fashion Bottlenecks; What Can theßUniverse Throw at Us?; Ice Ages; Near Misses withßBlack Holes andßNeutron Stars; Near Misses withßDwarf Stars or Rogue Planets; Gamma Ray Bursts; Cosmic Collisions withßComets andßAsteroids; Migrating Mercury. 000782515 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000782515 650_0 $$aLife (Biology) 000782515 650_0 $$aLife$$xOrigin. 000782515 650_0 $$aExobiology. 000782515 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aStevenson, David S.$$tNature of Life and Its Potential to Survive.$$dCham : Springer International Publishing, ©2017$$z9783319529103 000782515 830_0 $$aAstronomers' universe. 000782515 852__ $$bebk 000782515 85640 $$3SpringerLink$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-52911-0$$zOnline Access$$91397441.1 000782515 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:782515$$pGLOBAL_SET 000782515 980__ $$aEBOOK 000782515 980__ $$aBIB 000782515 982__ $$aEbook 000782515 983__ $$aOnline 000782515 994__ $$a92$$bISE