LEADER 01015cam0 22002771 450 001 SOBE00076892 005 20230901095702.0 100 $a20230901d1983 |||||ita|0103 ba 101 $aita 102 $aIT 200 1 $aMont'Allegro$euna comunità siciliana in America$fJerre Mangione$gprefazione di Leonardo Sciascia$gintroduzione di Herbert J. Gans 210 $aMilano$cAngeli$d1983 215 $a262 p.$cill.$d22 cm 225 2 $asocietà$v95 410 1$1001SOBE00022383$12001 $aLa *società$v95 500 10$aMount Allegro$3SOBA00028239$93434194 700 1$aMangione$b, Jerre$3SOBA00007211$4070$0142740 801 0$aIT$bUNISOB$c20230901$gRICA 850 $aUNISOB 852 $aUNISOB$jFondo|Durante$m179730 912 $aSOBE00076892 940 $aM 102 Monografia moderna SBN 941 $aM 957 $aFondo|Durante$b000511$gSI$d179730$n20230605$_60$hDurante$rdono$tN$[60$1bethb$2UNISOB$3UNISOB$420230901095610.0$520230901095702.0$6bethb 996 $aMount Allegro$93434194 997 $aUNISOB LEADER 04515nam 22006495 450 001 9910254596703321 005 20200629211854.0 010 $a3-319-62045-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-62045-9 035 $a(CKB)4340000000223256 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-62045-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5152967 035 $a(PPN)221254323 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000223256 100 $a20171120d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Cosmic Zoo $eComplex Life on Many Worlds /$fby Dirk Schulze-Makuch, William Bains 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (XII, 232 p. 33 illus., 31 illus. in color.) 311 $a3-319-62044-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface -- Introduction -- Part I ? The Cosmic Zoo Hypothesis -- Part II ? Major Transitions in Earth?s Life History -- Part III -- Are there Visitors in the Cosmic Zoo? . 330 $aAre humans a galactic oddity, or will complex life with human abilities develop on planets with environments that remain habitable for long enough? In a clear, jargon-free style, two leading researchers in the burgeoning field of astrobiology critically examine the major evolutionary steps that led us from the distant origins of life to the technologically advanced species we are today. Are the key events that took life from simple cells to astronauts unique occurrences that would be unlikely to occur on other planets? By focusing on what life does - it's functional abilities - rather than specific biochemistry or anatomy, the authors provide plausible answers to this question. Systematically exploring the various pathways that led to the complex biosphere we experience on planet Earth, they show that most of the steps along that path are likely to occur on any world hosting life, with only two exceptions: One is the origin of life itself ? if this is a highly improbable event, then we live in a rather ?empty universe?. However, if this isn?t the case, we inevitably live in a universe containing a myriad of planets hosting complex as well as microbial life - a ?cosmic zoo?. The other unknown is the rise of technologically advanced beings, as exemplified on Earth by humans. Only one technological species has emerged in the roughly 4 billion years life has existed on Earth, and we don?t know of any other technological species elsewhere. If technological intelligence is a rare, almost unique feature of Earth's history, then there can be no visitors to the cosmic zoo other than ourselves. Schulze-Makuch and Bains take the reader through the history of life on Earth, laying out a consistent and straightforward framework for understanding why we should think that advanced, complex life exists on planets other than Earth. They provide a unique perspective on the question that puzzled the human species for centuries: are we alone? . 606 $aAstronomy 606 $aLife sciences 606 $aExobiology 606 $aEvolution (Biology) 606 $aEarth 606 $aGeology 606 $aPopular Science in Astronomy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q11009 606 $aPopular Life Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q25000 606 $aAstrobiology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22057 606 $aEvolutionary Biology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L21001 606 $aPopular Earth Science$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q22000 615 0$aAstronomy. 615 0$aLife sciences. 615 0$aExobiology. 615 0$aEvolution (Biology) 615 0$aEarth. 615 0$aGeology. 615 14$aPopular Science in Astronomy. 615 24$aPopular Life Sciences. 615 24$aAstrobiology. 615 24$aEvolutionary Biology. 615 24$aPopular Earth Science. 676 $a520 700 $aSchulze-Makuch$b Dirk$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0791376 702 $aBains$b William$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254596703321 996 $aThe Cosmic Zoo$92080719 997 $aUNINA