Life in the cosmos : from biosignatures to technosignatures /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Lingam, Manasvi, 1987- (Author), Loeb, Abraham (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
Subjects:	Exobiology. Life on other planets. Life > Origin. Habitable planets. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Some intrinsic properties of life
Part 1. The origin and evolution of life on Earth: The pathways to the origin of life on Earth
The evolutionary history of life on Earth
Part 2. Aspects of extraterrestrial biospheres: Habitability: stellar factors
Habitability: planetary factors
The quest for biosignatures
Life in subsurface oceans
Part 3. Aspects of extraterrestrial technospheres: The Drake equation and Fermi's Paradox
The quest for technosignatures
The propagation of life in the universe
Epilogue: Sic itur ad astra.