Life in the Universe Expectations and Constraints /

Energy, chemistry, solvents, and habitats -- the basic elements of living systems - define the opportunities and limitations for life on other worlds. This class-tested text examines each of these parameters in crucial depth and makes the argument that life forms we would recognize may be more commo...

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Main Authors: Schulze-Makuch, Dirk. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Irwin, Louis Neal. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:2nd ed. 2008.
Series:Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76817-3