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Beyond the stars : our origins and the search for life in the universe / by Paolo Saraceno & translated by David Goodstein.

By: Saraceno, Paolo.
Contributor(s): Goodstein, David L, 1939- [trl].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, 2012Description: x, 377 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9789814295536 (hbk.); 9814295531 (hbk.); 9789814295543 (pbk.); 981429554X (pbk.).Other title: Our origins and the search for life in the universe.Uniform titles: Il Caso Terra. English Subject(s): Cosmology | Life on other planetsDDC classification: 523.1 LOC classification: QB982 | .S2713 2012
Contents:
Part I Origins -- Our origins -- The beginning of everything -- Origins of stars and planets -- The origin of the elements -- The origins of life -- Part II The case of the Earth -- History of the Earth -- Extinctions -- An inhabitable planet -- The importance of continental drift -- The Earth: a rare planet? -- Part III In search of another Gaia -- In search of ETI -- The measurement -- Appendix A Astronomical observations -- Appendix B A few numbers -- Conclusion
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Includes index.

Part I Origins -- Our origins -- The beginning of everything -- Origins of stars and planets -- The origin of the elements -- The origins of life -- Part II The case of the Earth -- History of the Earth -- Extinctions -- An inhabitable planet -- The importance of continental drift -- The Earth: a rare planet? -- Part III In search of another Gaia -- In search of ETI -- The measurement -- Appendix A Astronomical observations -- Appendix B A few numbers -- Conclusion

Translated from the Italian.

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