LEADER 04438nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910465633403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-387-09676-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-0-387-09676-6 035 $a(CKB)2560000000102726 035 $a(EBL)1316798 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000936172 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11536198 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000936172 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10962832 035 $a(PQKB)10759979 035 $a(DE-He213)978-0-387-09676-6 035 $a(OCoLC)700371015 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1316798 035 $a(PPN)177198125 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1316798 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10720617 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL517138 035 $a(OCoLC)854975505 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000102726 100 $a20150303d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnmasking Europa$b[electronic resource] $ethe search for life on Jupiter's ocean moon /$fRichard Greenberg 205 $a1st ed. 2008. 210 $aNew York, N.Y. $cCopernicus books ; $cPraxis$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (285 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4899-9299-5 311 $a0-387-47936-8 327 $aWater World -- Touring the Surface -- Doing Science -- Planetary Stretch -- A Closer Look at Tidal Effects -- Global Crack Patterns -- Building Ridges -- Mind the Gap -- Strike-Slip -- Convergence -- Return to Astypalaea -- Cycloids -- Chaos -- Thick vs. Thin -- The Scars of Impact -- The Bandwagon -- The Biosphere -- Explorations to Come. 330 $aIn Unmasking Europa, Richard Greenberg tells the story of how he and his team of researchers came to believe that the surface of Europa is in fact a crust so thin and active that it can barely hide an ocean of liquid water below. He shows how this ocean is warmed by the friction of tidal movements in this small moon as it revolves while at the same time orbiting immense Jupiter, and how those tides drive all the activity in evidence on the surface. The implications of this interpretation?which includes the idea that there are active intermittent openings from the liquid ocean to the frozen surface?are immense. The warmth, the chemistry, and the connections from ocean to surface provide the conditions necessary for the existence of life, even at this relatively remote locale in our solar system, far beyond what?s normally thought of as its "habitable zone." Unmasking Europa describes in clear but technically accurate terms?and with extensive illustrations (including more than 100 NASA mission images)?the remarkable history of research on Europa over the last four decades. The book also provides unique insights into how "big science" gets done today, and it is not always a pretty picture. From his perspective as a Professor of Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona, and a quarter-century-long membership on the Imaging Team for the Galileo space mission, Greenberg describes how personal agendas (including his own) and political maneuvering (in which he received an education by fire) determined a lot about the funding, staffing, and even the direction of research about Europa. While he is satisfied that his team?s work is now, finally, receiving fair consideration and even respect, Greenberg comes away from his decades-long experience feeling that something is fundamentally wrong with the scientific enterprise as a whole because it routinely punishes innovation, risk-taking thought, and a willingness to simply let the evidence lead where it may. In today?s scientific culture, with its careerist pressures and peer-reviewed propriety, Greenberg believes, astute scientists (and sadly many of our youngest and brightest scientists) quickly realize that the most rewarding research strategy is to stay within the mainstream?a tendency that by its very nature is at odds with the ideals of scientific investigation and thought. 607 $aEuropa (Satellite) 607 $aEuropa (Satellite)$xAerial exploration 607 $aJupiter (Planet)$xSatellites 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a523.985 700 $aGreenberg$b Richard$0940828 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465633403321 996 $aUnmasking Europa$92121596 997 $aUNINA