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Life in the Universe: A Beginner's Guide, Astrobiology (Paperback)

by Lewis Dartnell (Author)
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  • Paperback: 225 pages
  • Publisher: Oneworld Publications (8 Mar 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1851685057
  • ISBN-13: 978-1851685059
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 52,090 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #20 in  Books > Science & Nature > Astronomy & Cosmology > Cosmology
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    #90 in  Books > Science & Nature > Astronomy & Cosmology > Astronomy
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"Dartnell explores the latest theories for how life came to evolve on Earth, and adds fascinating speculations on the prospects for finding it elsewhere." The Times "An essential, enjoyable and highly readable insight into life in its cosmic context."Charles S. Cockell - author of Impossible Extinction and Professor of Microbiology, Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute, Open University.

Charles S. Cockell - author of /Impossible Extinction/ and Professor of Microbiology, Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute, Open University.
"An essential, enjoyable and highly readable insight into life in its cosmic context."

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5.0 out of 5 stars Is there anybody ou there?, 25 Sep 2007
By Rui Borges (Portugal) - See all my reviews
This is a book where the author, traveling across the different branches of the tree of science, from biology to astronomy, from geology to chemistry, doesn't forget the roots and foresees the fruits that the future will bring.
RNA and DNA, red dwarfs, extremophiles, the search for a new Earth, possible alien life forms and other caracthers have their role in eight acts of an exciting play.

On a vivid, comprehensive, addicting writing, Dartnell not only embarks on this immense adventure but allow us to join him, giving us space in his vehicule to accompany him in the quest.

The author, besides possessing the knowledge, is gifted to legate it to inquisitory minds and to those giving their first steps in the astrobiology domains, a science conquering its space as times passes.

A book that couldn't be more actual and essencial to understand life, as exoplanets pop out from the darkness of space, as our knowledge about Mars, Titan, Enceladus and other stellar bodies grow, "Life in the Universe: A Beginner's Guide" appears at the perfect time as the perfect guide to know more about the secrets of the alchemy that brought us here and that permit us making the question:
Where might life be waiting us?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Does what it says on the tin, 12 Aug 2008
This book does what what it says on the tin, providing a compendious account of Life in the Universe for those of us in too much of a hurry to engage with the 200-odd items in the bibliography containing much the same information more diffusely.

When you've taken a look at the other possible places life might lurk you'll be dumbfounded at the implausible growth of life on this planet.


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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 16 Nov 2007
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A really interesting read, deals with some fascinating questions in an easy and accessible manner. I would recommend this to anyone.
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