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| Life on Earth -- and Beyond: An Astrobiologist's Quest | 
| Author: Pamela S. Turner
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 949686
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 112
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 7.7 x 0.6
ISBN: 1580891330
Dewey Decimal Number: 571.0919
EAN: 9781580891332
ASIN: 1580891330
Publication Date: January 15, 2008
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Product Description
NASA astrobiologist Dr. Christopher McKay has searched the earth's most extreme environments in his quest to understand what factors are necessary to sustain life. Pamela S. Turner offers readers an inside look at Dr. McKay's research, explaining his findings and his hopes for future exploration both on Earth and beyond. Behind-the-scenes photos capture Dr. McKay, his expeditions, and the amazing microbes that survive against all odds.
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Real science - not science fiction June 23, 2008
Dr. Chris McKay works for NASA as an astrobiologist, someone who studies extreme environments on earth in an attempt to answer the long-asked question of whether life can exist elsewhere in our universe. This book follows his journey to some of the most lifeless areas of Earth. He searches for tiny microbes in Antarctica, Chile, Siberia, and the Sahara Desert. The underlying theory is that if life is able to survive in the coldest and driest areas of Earth, maybe there is life beyond our planet. The author does a great job at chronicling Dr. McKay's story and making the readers feel like they are along on the journey. The book is filled with colorful pictures of the places that the research team traveled, along with pictures and artist conceptions of Mars and other planets. I especially enjoyed the pictures that compared the surface of Mars to some areas on Earth. This book really got me thinking about whether is it possible that there is life elsewhere in our universe. There are so many science fiction stories about life on other planets, and it was refreshing to hear the case from a scientific standpoint where you can see that the idea is actually possible. There are no "little green men" in this book, only tiny microbes that could be living in places that we would never expect. This book is great for a science fiction fan who wants to learn more about life in our universe from a scientific and realistic standpoint.
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Wildlife, nature and the Environment
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