The Search for Life on Jupiter's Ocean Moon
Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 612 g
ISBN: 978-0-387-47936-1
Verlag: Springer US
Jupiter's ice moon Europa is widely regarded as the most likely place to find accessible extraterrestrial life. This book tells the engaging story of Europa, the oceanic moon. It features a large number of stunning images of the ocean moon’s surface, clearly displaying the spectacular crack patterns, extensive rifts and ridges, and refrozen pools of exposed water filled with rafts of displaced ice. Coverage also features firsthand accounts of Galileo’s mission to Jupiter and its moons. The book tells the rough and tumble inside story of a very human enterprise in science that lead to the discovery of a fantastic new world that might well harbor life.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
- Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Galaxien und Sterne
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Exobiologie, Astrobiologie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
- Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Exobiologie, Astrobiologie, Xenobiologie
- Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Allgemeines
- Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Populärwissenschaftliche Werke
- Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Raumfahrt
- Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Sachbuch
Weitere Infos & Material
Water World.- Touring the Surface.- Doing Science.- Planetary Stretch.- A Closer Look at Tidal Effects.- Global Crack Patterns.- Building Ridges.- Mind the Gap.- Strike-Slip.- Convergence.- Return to Astypalaea.- Cycloids.- Chaos.- Thick vs. Thin.- The Scars of Impact.- The Bandwagon.- The Biosphere.- Explorations to Come.
