Water and the Search for Life on Mars (Paperback, 2005 ed.)

Mars has long been believed to have been cold, dead and dry for eons, but there is now striking new proof that not only was Mars a relatively warm and wet place in geologically recent times, but that even today there are vast reserves of water frozen beneath the planet's surface. As well as casting fascinating new insights into Mars' past, this discovery is also forcing a complete rethink about the mechanisms of global planetary change and the possibility that there is microbial life on Mars. David Harland considers the issue of life on Mars in parallel with the origin of life on Earth. At the time the Viking instruments were designed, it was thought that all terrestrial life ultimately derived its energy from sunlight, and that the earliest form of life was the cyanobacteria with chlorophyll for photosynthesis. It was assumed the same would be the case on Mars and that microbial life would be on or near the surface that the Vikings had sampled.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Springer Praxis Books
Release date:	November 2005
First published:	September 2005
Authors:	David M. Harland
Dimensions:	170 x 240 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	239
Edition:	2005 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-26020-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Solar system > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General Promotions
LSN:	0-387-26020-X
Barcode:	9780387260204

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