Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest for Cosmic Life by Livio, Mario
Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest for Cosmic Life by Livio, Mario

Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest for Cosmic Life

A New York Times-bestselling astrophysicist and a Nobel laureate describe the quest to discover how and where...
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Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest for Cosmic Life by Livio, Mario

Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest for Cosmic Life

$72.48
Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest for Cosmic Life by Livio, Mario

Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest for Cosmic Life

$72.48
Author: Mario Livio
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
A New York Times-bestselling astrophysicist and a Nobel laureate describe the quest to discover how and where the universe breathed life into matter

For a long time, scientists have wondered how life has emerged from inanimate chemistry, and whether Earth is the only place where it exists. Charles Darwin speculated about life on Earth beginning in a warm little pond. Some of his contemporaries believed that life existed on Mars. It once seemed inevitable that the truth would be known by now.

It is not. For more than a century, the origins and extent of life have remained shrouded in mystery. But, as Mario Livio and Jack Szostak reveal in Is Earth Exceptional?, the veil is finally lifting. The authors describe how life's building blocks--from RNA to amino acids and cells--could have emerged from the chaos of Earth's early existence. They then apply the knowledge gathered from cutting-edge research across the sciences to the search for life in the cosmos: both life as we know it and life as we don't.

Why and where life exists are two of the biggest unsolved problems in science. Is Earth Exceptional? is the ultimate exploration of the question of whether life is a freak accident or a chemical imperative.

Author: Mario Livio, Jack Szostak
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 09/10/2024
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781541602960

About the Author

Mario Livio is an astrophysicist who worked with the Hubble Space Telescope. He is a bestselling author of seven books, including The Golden Ratio and Brilliant Blunders. He lives in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Jack Szostak is a professor of chemistry at the University of Chicago, leading the Center for the Origin of Life. He shared the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.


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