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61. Creation: Towards a Theory of All Things by John Umana | |
Paperback: 158
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(2005-05-24)
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62. Algae and Cyanobacteria in Extreme Environments (Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology) by Joseph Seckbach | |
Hardcover: 814
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(2007-11-14)
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Editorial Review Product Description ALGAE AND CYANOBACTRIA IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS is a unique collection of essays, contributed by leading scientists from around the world, devoted to algae and some related microbes observed in unexpected harsh habits, which it seems are an oasis or Garden of Eden for these organisms. This timely book on Extremophilic alga, including its especially impressive micrographs, may provide clues about the edges of life on Earth and possibly elsewhere in the universe. Defining locations from the anthropomorphic point of view, the environments explored ranges from severe and distant to normal places. The algae discussed, microbial oxygenic phototrophs, are classified into various categories according to their habitats. They thrive in various temperature ranges, at the limits of pH values, in salt solutions, under UV radiation, dryness, heavy metals, anaerobic niches, under various levels of illuminations, and under hydrostatic pressure. Authors discuss bio-diversely algal territories ecologically the hot springs with the thermophiles or acido-thermophiles; Antarctica, the Artic, and permafrost zones with their cold lovers (Psychrophiles); soda lakes with the alkaliphiles, saltine areas with halophiles. In addition to general essays, Algal species discussed in detail include diatoms, Cyanidium, Galdieria, Dunaliella, and Chroococcidiopsis. This volume is a must for students of the field of biodiversity, as well as those in Phycology, ecology and general biological research. |
63. Cold Aqueous Planetary Geochemistry with FREZCHEM: From Modeling to the Search for Life at the Limits (Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics) by Giles M. Marion, Jeffrey S. Kargel | |
Hardcover: 251
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(2008-02-06)
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Editorial Review Product Description This book explicitly investigates issues of astrobiological relevance in the context of cold aqueous planetary geochemistry. At the core of the technical chapters is the FREZCHEM model, initially developed over many years by one of the authors to quantify aqueous electrolyte properties and chemical thermodynamics at subzero temperatures. FREZCHEM, of general relevance to biogeochemists and geochemical modelers, cold planetary scientists, physicochemists and chemical engineers, is subsequently applied to the exploration of biogeochemical applications to solar systems bodies in general, and to speculations about the limits for life in cold environments in particular. |
64. Life Everywhere: The New Science Of Astrobiology by David Darling | |
Hardcover: 224
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(2001-04-05)
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Editorial Review Product Description To many people, the main question about extraterrestrial life iswhether or not it exists. But to the scientific community, thatquestion has already been answered: It does. So confident arescientists of the existence of life on other planets that they'veinvested serious amounts of money, time and prestige in finding andstudying it. NASA has started an Institute of Astrobiology, forinstance, and the University of Washington, Seattle, began inSeptember 1999 to accept graduate students into its Department ofAstrobiology. Life Everywhere is the first book to lay out for a general reader whatthe new science of astrobiology is all about. It asks the fascinatingquestions researchers are asking themselves and one another: --What islife? --How does it originate? --How often does life survive once it arises? --How does evolution work? --What determines whether complex or even intelligent life will emergefrom more primitive forms? --Informed by interviews with most of the experts in this nascentsubject, Life Everywhere introduces readers to one of the mostimportant scientific disciplines of the coming century. Since most research germane to the field has been done here on Earth,Darling explores such hot topics as heat vents and other geothermalmini-biomes, meteoritic dissection, and, of course, SETI's radio telescopearrays. Mars, Venus, and the moons of the outer planets are all majorcharacters, and their stories will reinvigorate most readers' excitementabout the prospects of having neighbors just down the cosmic street. Ending with a set of hypotheses and brief explorations of their ramifications if shown to be true, Life Everywhere is an outstanding and thought-provoking look at what could ultimately be the most world-shaking research ever conducted. --Rob Lightner Customer Reviews (15)
Good, but becoming dated.
Nice change of perspective from "Rare Earth"
Includes a blistering critique of the "rare earth" hypothesis
Is extraterrestrial life widespread?
"Politically Correct" |
65. Cold Aqueous Planetary Geochemistry with FREZCHEM: From Modeling to the Search for Life at the Limits (Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics) by Giles M. Marion, Jeffrey S. Kargel | |
Paperback: 251
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(2010-11-02)
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Editorial Review Product Description Written by two of the best US researchers in the field, this text investigates issues of astrobiological relevance in the context of cold aqueous planetary geochemistry. At the core of the technical chapters is the FREZCHEM model, initially developed over many years by one of the authors to quantify aqueous electrolyte properties and chemical thermodynamics at subzero temperatures. FREZCHEM is of huge relevance to scientists in a number of fields, including biogeochemists. |
66. Astrobiology: Life in the Universe by David Koerner | |
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(2010-12)
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67. Astrobiology: The Science of the Universe by Thornsteinn Gudjonsson | |
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68. Cosmology, Astrobiology, Quantum Physics, Infinity, and the Origins of Life by Rhawn Joseph Ph.D, Rudolf Schild Ph.D., Chandra Wickramasinghe Ph.D. | |
Paperback: 350
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(2010-11-15)
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Editorial Review Product Description The likelihood that life on Earth was created in an organic soup is the equivalent of discovering a computer on Mars and proclaiming it was randomly assembled in the Methane Sea. If Life were to suddenly appear on a desert island we wouldn't claim it was randomly assembled in an organic soup or created by the hand of god; we'd conclude it washed to shore or fell from the sky. Earth too, is an island, orbiting in a sea of space, and living creatures and their DNA have been washing to shore and falling from the sky since our planets creation. SYNOPSIS 1) Complex living creatures appeared within a few hundred million years after the Earth's creation and while our world was bombarded with debris from the exploding parent star and its shattered planets. Life on Mars appeared at the same time, and there is fossil evidence of past life on Meteors. Life can survive in space & the most extreme environments. 2) The Organic Soup is a Myth. The theory of Earthly-abiogenesis has been repeatedly disproved and discredited. There is no evidence, -0- life on Earth was created from non-life. And yet, this myth is perpetuated as established fact by the scientific community. 3) The universe is infinite and continually gives birth to planets, galaxies and stars. Giant stars explode in vast supernovas generating hundreds even thousands of infant stars which come to be ringed with planets. 4) Our Sun & Solar System, were created from the debris of an ancient exploding star around which orbited living planets just like our own. Earth may be a rogue planet ejected from the parent star. Based on isotopes, residue and microbial fossils found in meteors, it appears life on Earth and Mars may have originated on the shattered planets that had circled the parent star. 5) The seeds of life, actual living creatures and their DNA, flow throughout the cosmos and have taken root on innumerable worlds much older than our own. And just as apple seeds contain the genetic instructions for the growth of apple trees, these genetic seeds contain the DNA-instructions for the tree of life and the metamorphosis of all life, including woman and man: the replication of creatures which long ago lived on other planets. And this is how life on our planet evolved and began. Life is an intrinsic feature of the living, infinite universe, and life on Earth is only a small sample of life's manifold possibilities. 6) Genes act on the environment, genetically altering the environment, and the altered environment (in conjunction with regulatory genes) acts on gene selection thereby giving rise to new species perfectly adapted for a world which has been prepared for them. Every species which has appeared on Earth was genetically precoded, and the genes and genetic instructions responsible for these species were inherited from the first creatures to appear on this planet. 7) Bacteria, viruses, & DNA, act as interplanetary genetic messengers, learning, acquiring genes and transferring genes from species to species. Bacteria/viruses play a major role in evolution and metamorphosis. 8) Extinction & Metamorphosis: Like programmed cell death, extinction is the nature of life. Species emerge, alter the environment, pass on their genes, and then become extinct |
69. Astrobiology of Earth: The Emergence, Evolution and Future of Life on a Planet in Turmoil (Oxford Biology) by Joseph Gale | |
Hardcover: 240
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(2009-05-15)
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70. Astrobiology - The Integrated Science Curriculum by Harold Geller | |
Paperback: 140
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(2008-02-28)
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71. Life in the Universe: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides series- Astrobiology) by Lewis Dartnell | |
Paperback: 225
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(2007-04)
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72. Astrobiology **ISBN: 9781560988496** by Monica M. Grady | |
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(2001-04-01)
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73. Astrobiologia/ Astrobiology (Milenium) (Spanish Edition) by Alberto Gonzalez Fairen | |
Paperback: 222
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(2004-10-30)
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74. Introduction to Astrobiology by &rrw Conway | |
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(2004)
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75. Assessment of the NASA Astrobiology Institute by Committee on the Review of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, National Research Council | |
Paperback: 80
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(2008-03-21)
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76. Astro-Venture:Astronomy Educator Guide: Activities in Astronomy and Astrobiology (Grades 5-8) | |
Ring-bound: 252
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(2003)
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77. Astrobiology: An entry from Thomson Gale's <i>Gale Encyclopedia of Science, 3rd ed.</i> by Agnieszka Lichanska | |
Digital: 3
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(2004)
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Editorial Review Product Description The “Gale Encyclopedia of Science” is written at a level somewhere between the introductory sources and the highly technical texts currently available. This six-volume set covers all major areas of science and engineering, as well as mathematics and the medical and health sciences, while providing a comprehensive overview of current scientific knowledge and technology. Alphabetically arranged entries provide a user-friendly format that makes the broad scope of information easy to access and decipher. Entries typically describe scientific concepts, provide overviews of scientific areas and, in some cases, define terms. |
78. Astrobiology: Extraterrestrial Life, Hypothetical Types of Biochemistry, Panspermia, Beagle 2, Planetary Habitability, Life on Mars | |
Paperback: 314
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(2010-09-15)
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79. Rare Earth Hypothesis: Rare Earth Hypothesis. Astrobiology, Panspermia, Abiogenesis, Metaphysical naturalism, Planetary habitability, Fermi paradox, Drake equation, Planetary science | |
Paperback: 124
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(2009-10-14)
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80. Astrobiology An Integrated Science Approach Teacher Guide by Asbell-Clarke, Barstow, Edwards | |
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