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Lucky Planet: Why Earth is Exceptional - and What that Means for Life in the Universe

Categorie	Ruimtevaart & Astronomie
Boeknummer	#285303
Titel	Lucky Planet: Why Earth is Exceptional - and What that Means for Life in the Universe
Auteur	Waltham, David
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Icon Books Limited
Jaar van uitgave	2014
ISBN10	1848316569
ISBN13	9781848316560
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Hardcover with silver print, dust jacket.
Samenvatting	Science tells us that life elsewhere in the Universe is increasingly likely to be discovered. But in fact the Earth may be a very unusual planet - perhaps the only one like it in the entire visible Universe. In Lucky Planet David Waltham asks why, and comes up with some surprising and unconventional answers. Recent geological, biological, and astronomical discoveries are bringing us closer to understanding whether we might be alone in the Universe, and this book uses these to question the conventional wisdom and suggest, instead, that the Earth may have had 'four billion years of good weather' purely by chance. If Earth-like worlds don't have natural stabilising mechanisms, then intelligent observers such as ourselves will only ever look out onto those rare planets where, like the Earth,... (Lees verder) all the bad things that could have happened to the climate have fortunately cancelled each other out. So before you prepare to meet the aliens, consider that we are probably alone .
Pagina's	225
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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