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What determines whether complex life will arise on a planet, or even any life at all? What conditions are necessary for the emergence of intelligence? This groundbreaking book is the first to synthesize information from astronomy, biology, and paleontology, to apply what we know... Read Full Overview

Sind wir allein im Universum? Auf diese Frage geben der Geologe Peter D. Ward und der Astrobiologe Donald Brownlee berraschende Antworten. Sie widersprechen der allgemeinen Annahme, dass h her entwickeltes Leben au erhalb der Erde existiert, vielleicht sogar weit verbreitet... Read Full Overview

What determines whether complex life will arise on a planet, or even any life at all? Questions such as these are investigated in this groundbreaking book. In doing so, the authors synthesize information from astronomy, biology, and paleontology, and apply it to what we know... Read Full Overview