First Life: Discovering the Connections Between Stars, Planets, and How Life Began

by David Deamer and David W. Deamer

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This pathbreaking book explores how life can begin, taking us from cosmic clouds of stardust, to volcanoes on Earth, to the modern chemistry laboratory. Seeking to understand life's connection to the stars, David Deamer introduces astrobiology, a new scientific discipline that studies the origin and evolution of life on Earth and relates it to the birth and death of stars, planet formation, interfaces between minerals, water, and atmosphere, and the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0520258320

ISBN13:9780520258327

Release Date:June 2011

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.80 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 7.3" x 10.1"

Related Subjects

Astronomy Astronomy & Astrophysics Astronomy & Space Science Biological Sciences Biology Biology & Life Sciences Conservation Evolution Nature & Ecology Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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