Astrobiological neurosystems : rise and fall of intelligent life forms in the universe /

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Author / Creator:Cranford, Jerry Lynn, 1942- author.
Imprint:Cham : Springer, [2014]
©2015
Description:1 online resource (ix, 204 pages) : illustrations (some colors).
Language:English
Series:Astronomers' Universe, 1614-659X
Astronomers' universe,
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11088429
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ISBN:9783319104195
3319104195
9783319104188
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 13, 2014).
Summary:This book explains why scientists believe that life may be more common in the Universe than previously considered possible. It presents the tools and strategies astronomers and astrobiologists are using in their formal search for habitable exoplanets as well as more advanced forms of life in other parts of our galaxy. The author then summarizes what is currently known about how and where organic molecules critical to our form of carbon-based life are manufactured. The core of the book explains (and presents educated guesses) how nervous systems evolved on Earth, how they work, and how they migh.
Other form:Print version: Cranford, Jerry L. Astrobiological Neurosystems : Rise and Fall of Intelligent Life Forms in the Universe. Cham : Springer International Publishing, ©2014 9783319104188
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-10419-5