01278cam a2200253 a 450000500170000000800410001701000140005802000400007203500150011203500200012704000350014705000210018207200130020308200170021610000320023324500980026526000360036330000370039950400640043650504590050065000160095965000270097570000220100220230110144551.0070227s2000    nyum     b   a001 0 eng    a99-020532  a0387987010 (hardcover : alk. paper)  a.b5211417x  a(OCoLC)40996050  aDLCcDLCdC#PdTNVdOHXdWaOLN00aQB54b.W336 2000 7aQB2lcco00a576.8/392211 aWard, Peter Douglas,d1949-10aRare earth :bwhy complex life is uncommon in the universe /cPeter D. Ward, Donald Brownlee.  aNew York :bCopernicus,cc2000.  axxviii, 333 p. :bill. ;c25 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 289-315) and index.0 aWhy 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. 0aExobiology. 0aLife on other planets.1 aBrownlee, Donald.