Name: Goldilocks and the Water Bears
ISBN: 9781472920096

Louisa Preston

Across billions of planets, life cannot be restricted solely to Earth--or can it? Scientist Louisa Preston chronicles what astrobiology tells us about the likelihood of extraterrestrial life.

The Search for Life in the Universe

Goldilocks and the Water Bears

Monicap

This is a really good introductory book to the field of astrobiology and what it takes for a planet to be habitable. I read this as research for a scifi story I'm writing, an I'm really glad I did, it's really educational and touches on most of the same bits as the documentaries I watched (Like Richard Hammond's How to Build a Planet) did, but it covered those steps more in-depth and also went into some other requirements for a habitability. Like, before I read this book, I had no idea that plate tectonics were necessary for creating an atmosphere.

Goldilocks and the Water Bears The Search for Life in the Universe

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