Lucky Planet : Why Earth is Exceptional?and What That Means for Life in the Universe.
Why Earth's life-friendly climate makes it exceptional?and what that means for the likelihood of finding intelligent extraterrestrial lifeWe have long fantasized about finding life on planets other than our own. Yet even as we become aware of the vast expanses beyond our solar system, it remain...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue: A Tale of Two Planets; 1. Almost Too Good to Be True; 2. Mediocrity; 3. Rarely Earth; 4. Constant Change; 5. Air Conditioning; 6. Snowballs and Greenhouses; 7. Staggering Through Time; 8. Music of the Spheres; 9. Force of Nature; 10. Pond Weeds and Daisies; 11. Life's Big Bang; 12. Eclipse; 13. The Dark Side of the Moon; 14. Gaia or Goldilocks?; Epilogue: Siblings; Further Reading; Acknowledgments; Index. | |
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| 520 | |a Why Earth's life-friendly climate makes it exceptional?and what that means for the likelihood of finding intelligent extraterrestrial lifeWe have long fantasized about finding life on planets other than our own. Yet even as we become aware of the vast expanses beyond our solar system, it remains clear that Earth is exceptional. The question is: why? In Lucky Planet, astrobiologist David Waltham argues that Earth's climate stability is what makes it uniquely able to support life, and it is nothing short of luck that made such conditions possible. The four billion year. | ||
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