Deep life : the hunt for the hidden biology of Earth, Mars, and beyond / Tullis C. Onstott.
Deep life : the hunt for the hidden biology of Earth, Mars, and beyond / Tullis C. Onstott.
Deep life : the hunt for the hidden biology of Earth, Mars, and beyond / Tullis C. Onstott.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
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G 2017/1865
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English
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xvii, 486 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Triassic park -- The treasure of Cerro Negro -- Bikers, bombs, and the death-o-meter -- Microbes in meteorites? -- Life in deepest, darkest Africa -- Hunting for water and carbon -- The subterranauts -- A lot of breaks and one lucky strike -- Life beneath the ice -- The worm from hell -- Appendix A:...
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
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New Jersey
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[2017]
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Deep Life takes readers to uncharted regions deep beneath Earth's crust in search of life in extreme environments and reveals how astonishing new discoveries by geomicrobiologists are helping the quest to find life in the solar system. Geoscientist Tullis Onstott provides an insider's look at the pioneering fieldwork that is shining vital new light...
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Deep life : the hunt for the hidden biology of Earth, Mars, and beyond / Tullis C. Onstott.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-472) and index.
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G 2017/1865
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74VKVaKk7Ldl
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0691096449 hardcover
9780691096445 hardcover
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612.0144
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991024100918402626
