This comprehensive textbook explores the fundamental elements of living systems, including energy and chemistry, and their implications for life beyond Earth. It discusses potential life forms, adaptations to extreme environments, and the search for extraterrestrial life, while providing an accessible overview for both experts and general readers.
In this novel, the author combines topics related to state-of-the-art research in astrobiology with fictional elements to produce a thrilling page turner that is thoroughly grounded in scientific principle. An appendix covers the underlying science.
This groundbreaking book demonstrates that between the results of the 1976 Viking I lander and the latest scientific discoveries - from fertile Martian soil to microbe-ridden meteorites - there is a powerful case for life on the Red Planet and beyond.