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  • Astrobiology

    Understanding Life in the Universe

    by Charles S. Cockell ...
    A guide to understanding the formation of life in the UniverseThe revised and updated second edition of Astrobiology offers an introductory text that explores the structure of living things, the formation of the elements required for life in the Universe, the biological and geological history of the Earth, and the habitability of other planets. Written by a noted expert on the topic, the book ... Read more

    $86.00 USD

  • Astrochemistry and Astrobiology

    Edited by Charles S. Cockell, Ian W. M. Smith, Sydney Leach ...
    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    Astrochemistry and Astrobiology is the debut volume in the new series Physical Chemistry in Action. Aimed at both the novice and experienced researcher, this volume outlines the physico-chemical principles which underpin our attempts to understand astrochemistry and predict astrobiology. An introductory chapter includes fundamental aspects of physical chemistry required for understanding the field ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • The Equations of Life

    How Physics Shapes Evolution

    by Charles S. Cockell ...
    A groundbreaking argument for why alien life will evolve to be much like life here on EarthWe are all familiar with the popular idea of strange alien life wildly different from life on earth inhabiting other planets. Maybe it's made of silicon! Maybe it has wheels! Or maybe it doesn't. In The Equations of Life, biologist Charles S. Cockell makes the forceful argument that the laws of physics ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Institutions of Extraterrestrial Liberty

    Edited by Charles S. Cockell ...
    The exploration of space raises new problems in the expression of human freedoms. While the potential to establish new extraterrestrial settlements is thrilling, it also brings along a myriad of decisions to consider when addressing how these settlements should operate in a way which maintains human liberties. In this book, many dimensions of freedom in space are discussed. Aspects of liberty ... Read more

    $125.99 USD

  • Taxi from Another Planet

    Conversations with Drivers about Life in the Universe

    by Charles S. Cockell ...
    Insightful, good-humored essays on the possibilities of alien life and the uses of space exploration, based on an astrobiologist’s everyday conversations with his fellow humans—taxi drivers, to be precise. “This is a joy to read.” —Publishers WeeklyIf you’ve ever sat in the back seat of a taxi, you know that cabbies like to talk. Sports or politics, your job or theirs, taxi drivers are fine ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Interplanetary Liberty

    Building Free Societies in the Cosmos

    by Charles S. Cockell ...
    On the Moon or Mars, where even the oxygen you breathe is made in a manufacturing process controlled by someone else, can you be free? In Interplanetary Liberty: Building Free Societies in the Cosmos, Charles S. Cockell argues that beyond Earth, space is especially tyranny-prone. Yet rather than consign humanity to a dim future of extraterrestrial despotisms, he suggests that the construction of ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • The Meaning of Liberty Beyond Earth

    Edited by Charles S. Cockell ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    The purpose of this book is to initiate a new discussion on liberty focusing on the infinite realms of space. The discussion of the nature of liberty and what it means for a human to be free has occupied the minds of thinkers since the Enlightenment. However, without exception, every one of these discussions has focused on the character of liberty on the Earth. The emergence of human space ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Human Governance Beyond Earth

    Implications for Freedom

    Edited by Charles S. Cockell ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book extends the discussion of the nature of freedom and what it means for a human to be free. This question has occupied the minds of thinkers since the Enlightenment. However, without exception, every one of these discussions has focused on the character of liberty on Earth.In this volume the authors explore how people are likely to be governed in space and how that will affect what sort of ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Equations of Life

    by Charles S. Cockell ...
    Narrated by Ian Porter ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 42 min

    We are all familiar with the popular idea that strange alien life is wildly different from life on Earth. Maybe it's made of silicon! Maybe it has wheels! Or maybe it doesn't. In The Equations of Life, biologist Charles S. Cockell makes the forceful argument that the laws of physics narrowly constrain how life can evolve, making evolution's outcomes predictable. If we were to find something very ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    A New Look at Life on Earth

    by James Lovelock ...
    Series series Oxford Landmark Science
    In this classic work that continues to inspire its many readers, Jim Lovelock puts forward his idea that life on earth functions as a single organism. Written for non-scientists, Gaia is a journey through time and space in search of evidence with which to support a new and radically different model of our planet. In contrast to conventional belief that living matter is passive in the face of ... Read more

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  • Weird Life

    The Search for Life That Is Very, Very Different from Our Own

    by David Toomey ...
    “Weird indeed, and not a little wonderful.”—NatureIn the 1980s and 1990s, in places where no one thought it possible, scientists found organisms they called extremophiles: lovers of extremes. There were bacteria in volcanic hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, single-celled algae in Antarctic ice floes, and fungi in the cooling pools of nuclear reactors.But might there be life stranger than the ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • Aliens

    The World's Leading Scientists on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

    Edited by Jim Al-Khalili ...
    In these lively and fascinating essays edited by theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili, scientists from around the world weigh in on the latest advances in the search for intelligent life in the universe and discuss just what that might look like.Since 2000, science has seen a surge in data and interest on several fronts related to E.T. (extraterrestrials); A.I. (artificial intelligence); and SETI ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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