Beyond the stars : our origins and the search for life in the universe /
Saraceno, Paolo.
Beyond the stars : our origins and the search for life in the universe / Our origins and the search for life in the universe Paolo Saraceno ; translated by David Goodstein. - Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2012. - x, 377 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
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.
9789814295543
2012554710
Cosmology.
Life on other planets.
QB982 / .S2713 2012
523.1
Beyond the stars : our origins and the search for life in the universe / Our origins and the search for life in the universe Paolo Saraceno ; translated by David Goodstein. - Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2012. - x, 377 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
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.
9789814295543
2012554710
Cosmology.
Life on other planets.
QB982 / .S2713 2012
523.1