Charles Cockell

Impossible Extinction

Natural Catastrophes and the Supremacy of the Microbial World

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The story of the survival of microbes in the coldest, deepest, hottest and highest places on Earth. 40 illus.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9780521817363
• ISBN-10: 0521817366
• Artikelnr.: 21243313

Autorenporträt

Charles Cockell is a microbiologist with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI). He is based at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The galactic roulette
2. Primordial leftovers
3. The microbial menagerie
4. The record of catastrophe
5. The sky falls in
6. Supernova fry up
7. Fire from below
8. Intelligent stupidity
9. The world is not enough?