Searching for a shadow biosphere on Earth as a test of the 'cosmic imperative'

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1936, 2011, Pages 624-632

  Davies, P C W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Biogenesis; SETI; Weird life

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERICS; COSMOLOGY;

BIOGENESIS; EARTH-LIKE CONDITIONS; EARTH-LIKE PLANETS; ORIGIN OF LIFE; SECOND GENESIS; SETI; WEIRD LIFE;

EARTH (PLANET);

ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; BIOTA; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIOGENESIS; BIOTA; EARTH (PLANET); EXOBIOLOGY;

EID: 79951997043     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0235     Document Type: Review

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