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 [trl].
Material type: TextPublisher: 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 2012Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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[REF] | Christ Junior College ->Physics | Reference | 523.1 SAR (Browse shelf) | Available | 00018033 |
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523.01 Astrophysics for physicists / | 523.1 ELL The renaissance of general relativity and cosmology : | 523.1 KUM Gravitation and cosmology/ | 523.1 SAR Beyond the stars : | 523.1 SIV Modern Astronomy : | 523.1 TOU Touch the sky, touch the Universe [CD]: | 523.1 TYS Origins : |
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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