The Nature of Life and Its Potential to Survive

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Stevenson, David S. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Astronomers' Universe,
• Θέματα: Popular works.; Planetology.; Evolutionary biology.; Astrobiology.; Astronomy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Evolutionary Biology.

This book looks at the persistence of life and how difficult it would be to annihilate life, especially a species as successful as humanity. The idea that life in general is fragile is challenged by the hardiness of microbes, which shows that astrobiology on exoplanets and other satellites must be r...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Chapter 1 – What is Life?
• Chapter 2 – Life’s Grand Themes
• Chapter 3 – The Origin of Life on Earth
• Chapter 4 – Life as the Evolution of Information
• Chapter 5 – Life Jim, But Not as We Know It
• Chapter 6 - Extinction
• Chapter 7- Agents of Mass Destruction
• Chapter 8 - Ultimately, Can Life Survive?
• Chapter 9 - A Thesis on Life, the Universe and Almost Everything Else
• Glossary
• Index.