Looking for Life, Searching the Solar System
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (863 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008SLZE9U |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 364 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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"The authors of Looking for Life, Searching the Solar System have pooled their expertise to produce an accurate, up-to-date and highly readable survey of the field." New Scientist"a new perspective on the material, and hence is a valuable addition to the astrobiology canonthe book is an informative and well-written account of astrobiology from the perspective of a contribution from human exploration of the Solar Systemthe subject is certainly worthy of the thorough treatment it is given here." - The Obervatory, Monica Grady
Stands out in the pile of recent astrobiology books This seems to have been a growth field recently with lots of new books offering varying levels of technical vs. popular coverage of the field of astrobiology. This book takes a straightforward approach in keeping with its title and focuses on life in the solar system and prospectives for hunting it.
. Paul Clancy is a senior strategic planning manager in the Human Spaceflight Directorate of the European Space Agency, in Paris. Andre Brack is Director of Research Emeritus at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre de Biophysique Moleculaire, Orleans. Gerda Horneck is Head of the Radiation Biology Section, an
Beginning with what we understand of life on Earth, it describes the latest ideas about the chemical basis of life as we know it, and how they are influencing strategies to search for life elsewhere. How did life begin on Earth? Is it confined to our planet? Will humans one day be able to travel long distances in space in search of other life forms? Written by three experts in the space arena, Looking for Life, Searching the Solar System aims to answer these and other intriguing questions. It looks at the latest plans for missions to search for life in the Solar System, and how these are being influenced by new technologies, and current thinking about life on Earth. This fascinating and broad-ranging book is for anyone with an interest in the search for life beyond our planet.. It considers the ability of life, from microbes to humans, to survive in space, on the surface of other planets, and be transported from one planet to another