Life on the Edge

by Michael Gross and Michael Gross

Book Overview

Can life exist in the Antarctic ice, in the deep subsurface, in dilute sulfuric acid, in hot springs-even on Mars? What degree of high or low temperature, pressure, or salt concentration can living cells tolerate? In recent years, scientists have discovered many single-cell creatures that exist in-in fact, are perfectly adapted to-extreme environments that were considered uninhabitable just one or two decades ago. In Life on the Edge, author...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738204455
• ISBN13: 9780738204451
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"