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Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe by Ward
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- Condition
- Book Title
- Rare Earth
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Genre
- Mathematics & Sciences
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Subject
- Popular Science
- ISBN
- 9780387987019
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Rare Earth : Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Item Length
- 7.9in
- Publisher
- Springer
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 26.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- Xxxiv, 338 Pages
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n November 12, 2002, Dr. John Chambers of the NASA Ames - search Center gave a seminar to the Astrobiology Group at the OUniversity of Washington. The audience of about 100 listened with rapt attention as Chambers described results from a computer study of how planetary systems form. The goal of his research was to answer a dec- tively simple question: How often would newly forming planetary systems produce Earth-like planets, given a star the size of our own sun? By "Ear- like" Chambers meant a rocky planet with water on its surface, orbiting within a star's "habitable zone. " This not-too-hot and not-too-cold inner - gion, relatively close to the star, supports the presence of liquid water on a planet surface for hundreds of million of years--the time-span probably n- essary for the evolution of life. To answer the question of just how many Earth-like planets might be spawned in such a planetary system, Chambers had spent thousands of hours running highly sophisticated modeling p- grams through arrays of powerful computers. x Preface to the Paperback Edition The results presented at the meeting were startling. The simulations showed that rocky planets orbiting at the "right" distances from the central star are easily formed, but they can end up with a wide range of water c- tent.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer
ISBN-10
0387987010
ISBN-13
9780387987019
eBay Product ID (ePID)
556587
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Rare Earth : Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
Xxxiv, 338 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.9in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
26.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Qb1-991q1-390qh327-
Reviews
"...likely to cause a revolution in thinking..." The New York Times "...[the book] has hit the world of astrobiologists like a killer asteroid..." Newsday (New York) "...a sobering and valuable perspective..." Science "...a startling new hypothesis..." Library Journal "...Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee offer a powerful argument..." The Economist "...provocative, significant, and sweeping..." Northwest Science & Technology "...a stellar example of clear writing..." American Scientist
Table of Content
Preface & Acknowledgments.- Introduction: The Astrobiology Revolution and the Rare Earth Hypothesis.- Why Life Might be Widespread in the Universe.- Habitable Zones of the Universe.- Building a Habitable Earth.- Lifes First Evolution on Earth.- How to Build Animals.- Snowball Earth.- The Enigma of Cambrian Explosion.- Mass Extinctions and the Rare Earth Hypothesis.- The Surprising Importance of Plate Tectonics.- The Moon, Jupiter, and Life on Earth.- Testing the Rare Earth Hypothesis.- Assessing the Odds.- Cultural Implications.- References.
Copyright Date
2000
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
General, Space Science, Life Sciences / Biology, Astronomy
Lccn
99-020532
Dewey Decimal
576.8/39
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Science
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