The Biological Universe : Life in the Milky Way and Beyond

Wallace Arthur

ISBN 10: 1108836941 / ISBN 13: 9781108836944

Published by Cambridge University Press Okt 2020, 2020

About this Item

Neuware - 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Biological Universe : Life in the Milky Way and Beyond
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Okt 2020
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108836941
• ISBN 13: 9781108836944
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

Current state of play in astrobiology, including exoplanets and their atmospheres, habitable zones and the likelihood of evolution elsewhere.

About the Author

Wallace Arthur is an evolutionary biologist who is fascinated by the possibility of evolution occurring on other planets. His first book on this subject was Life through Time and Space (2017), of which the Astronomer Royal Sir Arnold Wolfendale said: 'brilliant and thought-provoking in every way'. The Biological Universe is the sequel.