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"...likely to cause a revolution in thinking..."
The New York Times
"...[the book] has hit the world of astrobiologists like a killer asteroid..."
Newsday (New York)
"...a sobering and valuable perspective..."
Science
"...a startling new hypothesis..."
Library Journal
"...Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee offer a powerful argument..."
The Economist
"...provocative, significant, and sweeping..."
Northwest Science & Technology
"...a stellar example of clear writing..."
American Scientist
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rare Earth
Book Subtitle: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe
Authors: Peter D. Ward, Donald Brownlee
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b97646
Publisher: Copernicus New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2000
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-95289-5Published: 10 December 2003
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-21848-9Published: 08 May 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIV, 338
Topics: Popular Science in Astronomy, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Astrobiology