Binding: Hardcover
Description: Are we alone in the universe or are there other life forms 'out there'? This is one of the most scientifically and philosophically important questions that humanity can ask. Now in the early 2020s we are tantalizingly close to an answer. As this book shows the answer will almost certainly be that life forms are to be found across the Milky Way and beyond. They will be thinly spread to be sure. Yet the number of inhabited planets probably runs into the trillions. Some are close enough for us to detect evidence of life by analysing their atmospheres. This evidence may be found within a couple of decades. Its arrival will be momentous. But even before it arrives we can anticipate what life elsewhere will be like by examining the ecology and evolution of life on Earth. This book considers the current state of play in relation to these titanic issues.
Title: The Biological Universe Life In The Milky Way And Beyond
Author(s): Arthur Wallace (National University Of Ireland Galway)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781108836944
Pages: 358 Pages, Worked Examples Or Exercises; 21 Line Drawings, Black And White
Publication Date: 10/29/2020
Category: Popular Astronomy & Space