Beyond the stars
Subtitle: our origins and the search for life in the universe
By: Paolo Saraceno ; translated by David Goodstein
Contributors: Goodstein, David L., 1939- translator
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Hackensack, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9789814295543
Subjects: Origin; Life; Molecular evolution; Life on other planets; Evolution (Biology); History; Cosmology
Other titles: Our origins and the search for life in the universe
Work titles: Caso Terra
Notes: Includes index.

Translated from the Italian.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. Origins. Our origins; title: The beginning of everything; title: Origins of stars and planets; title: The origin of the elements; title: The origins of life; title: pt. II. The case of the Earth. History of the Earth; title: Extinctions; title: An inhabitable planet; title: The importance of continental drift; title: The Earth : a rare planet?; title: pt. III. In search of another Gaia. In search of ETI; title: The measurement; title: Appendix A. Astronomical observations; title: Appendix B. A few numbers; title: Conclusion.