Life On The Edge [[electronic resource]]
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| Autore: |
Gross Michael
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| Titolo: |
Life On The Edge [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Basic Books, 2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (229 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 578.4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Adaptation (Biology) |
| Extreme environments | |
| Life - Origin | |
| Stress (Physiology) | |
| Adaptation (Biology) - Origin | |
| Life | |
| Earth & Environmental Sciences | |
| Ecology | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Of Extremists and Eccentrics: A Personal Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Extreme Environments and Their Inhabitants; 3. The Cell's Survival Kit; 4. Relevance of Extremes for Biotechnology and Medicine; 5. Extremists and the Tree of Life; 6. Life Beyond Earth; 7. Glossary; 8. Further Reading and Internet Links; Figure Acknowledgments; Afterword; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A new and revealing examination of life on Earth-from the perspective of its hardiest inhabitants. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Life On The Edge |
| ISBN: | 0-465-01147-0 |
| 1-4294-9385-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910279586703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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