Life beyond Earth: The Intelligent Earthling's Guide to Life in the Universe

PrefaceList of FiguresList of PlatesCreditsAuthors' Note About Units & NotationLife in the universeEarthlifeThe architecture of life; Fable 1; Earth's biosphere and what it eats; How Earthlife evolved; Fable 2; The origin of Earthlife: an unsolved problemLifeWhat is life?; Conditions for lifeLife beyond EarthChemical life; Mars; Fable 3; Life on small, cool objects; Homes for life: the outside universe; Physical life; The creatures of elsewhere; A universe full of life & how to find it; The levels of COSMELReferencesIndex