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Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by David C. Catling is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
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Astrobiology is an exciting new subject, and one, arguably, more interdisciplinary than any other. Astrobiologists seek to understand the origin and evolution of life on Earth in order to illuminate and guide the search for life on other planets. In this __Very Short Introduction__, David C. Catling introduces the subject through our understanding of the factors that allowed life to arise and persist on our own planet, and for the signs we are looking for in the search for extraterrestrial life.**About the Series:**Oxford's __Very Short Introductions__ series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every __Very Short Introduction__ gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all stude
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- David C. Catling
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780199586455
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Fiction, Science, Biology
- Rating
- 4.02 / 5 (103 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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