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Weird life, the search for life that is very, very different from our own, David Toomey

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Weird life, the search for life that is very, very different from our own, David Toomey
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-255) and index
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illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Weird life
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
David Toomey
Sub title
the search for life that is very, very different from our own
Summary
Recently, scientists at the frontiers of biology have hypothesised the existence of life-forms that can only be called "weird": organisms that live off acid rather than water, microbes that thrive at temperatures and pressure levels so extreme that their cellular structures should break down, even organisms that reproduce without DNA. The search for these strange life-forms spans the universe, from the Martian permafrost, the ammonia oceans of Jupiter's moons, the hydrogen-rich atmospheres of giant planets, the exotic ices on comets and the crusts of neutron stars
Table Of Contents
Extremophiles -- A shadow biosphere -- Defining life -- Starting from scratch -- A bestiary of weird life -- Life from comets, life on stars, and life in the very far future -- Intelligent weird life -- Weird life in science fiction -- Weird life in the multiverse
Target audience
adult
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