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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Toomey, David, 1956-
Subjects
Life (Biology)
Organisms.
Curiosities and wonders.
Ecology.
Adaptation (Biology)
Extreme environments.
Life on other planets.
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Weird life : the sea...
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Weird life : the search for life that is very, very different from our own / David Toomey.
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Toomey, David, 1956-
New York, NY : W.W. Norton, c2013.
Subjects
Life (Biology)
Organisms.
Curiosities and wonders.
Ecology.
Adaptation (Biology)
Extreme environments.
Life on other planets.
ISBN:
0393071588 (hardcover)
9780393071580 (hardcover)
Description:
xviii, 268 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
Prologue -- Extremophiles -- A Shadow Biosphere -- Defining Life -- Starting from Scratch -- A Bestiary of Weird Life -- Life from Comets, Life on Stars, and Life in the Very Far Future -- Intelligent Weird Life -- Weird Life in Science Fiction -- Weird Life in the Multiverse -- Epilogue -- Glossary.
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Introduces unusual life-forms and the scientists who search for them and traces the discoveries of unfamiliar life forms in extreme areas of the solar system.
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