Ward, Peter Douglas,  1949- <br/><br/>
Rare earth :  why complex life is uncommon in the universe / 
Peter D. Ward, Donald Brownlee. 
 - New York :  Copernicus,  c2000. 
 - xxviii, 333 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-315) and index. 
<br/><br/>Why life might be widespread in the universe -- Habitable zones of the universe -- Building a habitable Earth -- Life's first appearance on Earth -- How to build animals -- Snowball Earth -- The enigma of the Cambrian explosion -- Mass extinctions and the Rare Earth Hypothesis -- The surprising importance of plate tectonics -- The Moon, Jupiter, and life on Earth -- Testing the Rare Earth Hypotheses -- Assessing the odds -- Messengers from the stars. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0387987010 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99-020532 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Exobiology.<br/>Life on other planets.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QB54  / .W336 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>576.8/39