The Resource The life of super-Earths : how the hunt for alien worlds and artificial cells will revolutionize life on our planet, Dimitar Sasselov
The life of super-Earths : how the hunt for alien worlds and artificial cells will revolutionize life on our planet, Dimitar Sasselov
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- Summary
- "In the past year, we have witnessed unprecedented breakthroughs in the seemingly unrelated fields of synthetic biology and exoplanetary astronomy. Just recently, arsenic-based bacteria was discovered in a California lake-both puzzling and electrifying the scientific world. In The Life of Super-Earths, expert astronomer Dimitar Sasselov aims to highlight these groundbreaking findings and explain how what we learn in the laboratory informs our investigation of the universe, and vice versa. The discovery of a New Earth, or other world, may be in our future. But a truly 'alien' life form is more likely to emerge from our planet's natural environment or in a petri dish at a research lab. We may cross a milestone into the era of synthetic biology under the microscope. These breakthroughs will shed new light on our place in the universe and answer the age-old question: Are we alone in the universe? The Life of Super-Earths offers nothing short of a revolution in our understanding of life and its place in the cosmos"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 202 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction : The mystery of life
- Extrasolar planets at last
- The world of planets
- Completing the Copernican revolution
- Chasing transits
- Super-Earth : a new type of planet
- Super-Earths : the hardest rocks in the universe
- The scale of life
- Origins of life : why planets?
- Life as a planetary phenomenon
- Places we could call home
- The passage of time : the universe is young, life is younger
- The future of life
- Isbn
- 9780465023400
- Label
- The life of super-Earths : how the hunt for alien worlds and artificial cells will revolutionize life on our planet
- Title
- The life of super-Earths
- Title remainder
- how the hunt for alien worlds and artificial cells will revolutionize life on our planet
- Statement of responsibility
- Dimitar Sasselov
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In the past year, we have witnessed unprecedented breakthroughs in the seemingly unrelated fields of synthetic biology and exoplanetary astronomy. Just recently, arsenic-based bacteria was discovered in a California lake-both puzzling and electrifying the scientific world. In The Life of Super-Earths, expert astronomer Dimitar Sasselov aims to highlight these groundbreaking findings and explain how what we learn in the laboratory informs our investigation of the universe, and vice versa. The discovery of a New Earth, or other world, may be in our future. But a truly 'alien' life form is more likely to emerge from our planet's natural environment or in a petri dish at a research lab. We may cross a milestone into the era of synthetic biology under the microscope. These breakthroughs will shed new light on our place in the universe and answer the age-old question: Are we alone in the universe? The Life of Super-Earths offers nothing short of a revolution in our understanding of life and its place in the cosmos"--
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- Sasselov, Dimitar D
- Dewey number
- 576.8/39
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QH326
- LC item number
- .S27 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Exobiology
- Synthetic biology
- Extrasolar planets
- Life
- Life on other planets
- SCIENCE / Astrophysics & Space Science
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity
- Space biology
- Extrasolar planets
- Life
- Life on other planets
- Label
- The life of super-Earths : how the hunt for alien worlds and artificial cells will revolutionize life on our planet, Dimitar Sasselov
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
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- Carrier category code
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- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- Contents
- Introduction : The mystery of life -- Extrasolar planets at last -- The world of planets -- Completing the Copernican revolution -- Chasing transits -- Super-Earth : a new type of planet -- Super-Earths : the hardest rocks in the universe -- The scale of life -- Origins of life : why planets? -- Life as a planetary phenomenon -- Places we could call home -- The passage of time : the universe is young, life is younger -- The future of life
- Control code
- 657595620
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 202 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465023400
- Isbn Type
- (e-book)
- Lccn
- 2011036888
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)657595620
- Label
- The life of super-Earths : how the hunt for alien worlds and artificial cells will revolutionize life on our planet, Dimitar Sasselov
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : The mystery of life -- Extrasolar planets at last -- The world of planets -- Completing the Copernican revolution -- Chasing transits -- Super-Earth : a new type of planet -- Super-Earths : the hardest rocks in the universe -- The scale of life -- Origins of life : why planets? -- Life as a planetary phenomenon -- Places we could call home -- The passage of time : the universe is young, life is younger -- The future of life
- Control code
- 657595620
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 202 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465023400
- Isbn Type
- (e-book)
- Lccn
- 2011036888
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)657595620
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