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Carroll, Michael |
Platos Labyrinth |
I11948 |
2021 |
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Hoyle, B |
Astronomical Origins of Life |
I11444 |
2000 |
eBook |
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Seckbach, Joseph |
From Fossils to Astrobiology |
I06952 |
2008 |
eBook |
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Hemleben, Christoph |
Paleoecology, Biostratigraphy, Paleoceanography and Taxonomy of Agglutinated Foraminifera |
I00854 |
1990 |
eBook |
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Abrantes, Fatima |
Reconstructing Ocean History |
I00530 |
1999 |
eBook |
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| Title | Platos Labyrinth : Dinosaurs, Ancient Greeks, and Time Travelers |
| Author(s) | Carroll, Michael |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | XVI, 414 p. 14 illus., 12 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | One wants to preserve history. Another seeks to resurrect a legendary army. A third plans to infuse the past with technology to save millions. If you could go back in time, what would you do? Something strange is going on at ChronoCorp. Coffin-shaped pods and glowing talismans, feathered dinosaurs and ancient murals; the private laboratory???s quirky scientists have been quite busy, indeed. The reason? Katya, Xavier, Todd, and colleagues are on a singular scientific mission: to surpass the limits of modern physics and unlock the power of time travel. Their early experiments have proved a resounding success, taking them to far-flung places in both time and space, from nineteenth-century New York to ancient Thera. But as their research progresses, the stakes get ever higher. Enter a world of competing interests and conflicting timelines, where nothing is quite what it seems. Why is Xavier acting so oddly? Where exactly did their eccentric benefactor Mila van Dijk get her wealth? What is the Primus Imperium, and what does its mysterious head???known only as ???The Ambassador??????want from them? Come along as the colleagues at ChronoCorp and their ragtag allies race to sew up several unravelling timelines, battling those who would harm them in the past and present to preserve what is left of their future |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030917098 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ARCHAEOLOGY
2. Archaeology and Heritage
3. Classical and Quantum Gravity
4. Cultural property
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. GRAVITATION
8. PALEONTOLOGY
9. Paleontology??
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| Title | Astronomical Origins of Life : Steps Towards Panspermia |
| Author(s) | Hoyle, B;Wickramasinghe, N.C |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2000. |
| Description | VIII, 381 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Living material contains about twenty different sorts of atom combined into a set of relatively simple molecules. Astrobiologists tend to believe that abiotic mater?? ial will give rise to life in any place where these molecules exist in appreciable abundances and where physical conditions approximate to those occurring here on Earth. We think this popular view is wrong, for it is not the existence of the building blocks of life that is crucial but the exceedingly complicated structures in which they are arranged in living forms. The probability of arriving at biologically significant arrangements is so very small that only by calling on the resources of the whole universe does there seem to be any possibility of life originating, a conclusion that requires life on the Earth to be a minute component of a universal system. Some think that the hugely improbable transition from non-living to living mat?? ter can be achieved by dividing the transition into many small steps, calling on a so-called 'evolutionary' process to bridge the small steps one by one. This claim turns on semantic arguments which seek to replace the probability for the whole chain by the sum of the individual probabilities of the many steps, instead of by their product. This is an error well known to those bookies who are accustomed to taking bets on the stacking of horse races. But we did not begin our investigation from this point of view |
| ISBN,Price | 9789401142977 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
2. Astronomy???Observations
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Evolutionary Biology
6. Microbial ecology
7. Observations, Astronomical
8. PALEONTOLOGY
9. Paleontology??
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| Title | From Fossils to Astrobiology : Records of Life on Earth and the Search for Extraterrestrial Biosignatures |
| Author(s) | Seckbach, Joseph;Walsh, Maud |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2008. |
| Description | XXXVI, 546 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | From Fossils to Astrobiology reviews developments in paleontology and geobiology that relate to the rapidly-developing field of Astrobiology, the study of life in the Universe. Many traditional areas of scientific study, including astronomy, chemistry and planetary science, contribute to Astrobiology, but the study of the record of life on planet Earth is critical in guiding investigations in the rest of the cosmos. In this varied book, expert scientists from 15 countries present peer-reviewed, stimulating reviews of paleontological and astrobiological studies. The overviews of established and emerging techniques for studying modern and ancient microorganisms on Earth and beyond, will be valuable guides to evaluating biosignatures which could be found in the extraterrestrial surface or subsurface within the Solar System and beyond. This volume also provides discussion on the controversial reports of "nanobacteria" in the Martian meteorite ALH84001. It is a unique volume among Astrobiology monographs in focusing on fossil evidence from the geological record and will be valuable to students and researchers alike |
| ISBN,Price | 9781402088377 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. GEOLOGY
5. Microbial ecology
6. MICROBIOLOGY
7. PALEONTOLOGY
8. Paleontology??
9. Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary
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| Title | Paleoecology, Biostratigraphy, Paleoceanography and Taxonomy of Agglutinated Foraminifera |
| Author(s) | Hemleben, Christoph;Kaminski, Michael A;Kuhnt, Wolfgang;Scott, D.B |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 1990. |
| Description | XVII, 1017 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Agglutinated foraminifera are among the most widely distributed and abundant groups of marine meiofauna in some environments (e. g. marshes, deep-sea). They are tolerant of environmental extremes, tending to live where the evolutionarily more advanced calcareous foraminifera cannot survive. However, largely because of historical reasons, the amount of scientific effort invested in this group has been small in comparison to studies of other marine organisms. The NATO Advanced Studies Institute conference on the paleoecology, biostratigraphy, paleoceanography and taxonomy of agglutinated foraminifera in TUbingen September 17-29, 1989, was a direct outgrowth of two previous workshops on agglutinated foraminifers held in Amsterdam in September 1981 (IW AF I) and in Vienna in June 1986 (IW AF 11). As such, the TUbingen conference constitutes the Third International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera (IW AF III) and was organised to provide a platform for synthesizing the current state of knowledge on this group of organisms, and to strengthen interactions between basic research and applied micropaleontology. One of the main underlying themes of the conferen:e was to identify topics in the paleoecology, biostratigraphy, paleoceanography and taxonomy of agglutinated foraminifera which are in urgent need of further research. About 80 scientists and students from 5 continents participated in the TUbingen conference, which is one measure of the growth in interest in agglutinated foraminifers over the past decade. During four days of technical sessions, scientific results were communicated in the form of 34 oral presentations and 15 poster displays |
| ISBN,Price | 9789401133500 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EARTH SCIENCES
2. Earth Sciences, general
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. PALEONTOLOGY
6. Paleontology??
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| Title | Reconstructing Ocean History : A Window into the Future |
| Author(s) | Abrantes, Fatima;Mix, Alan |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer US, 1999. |
| Description | IX, 443 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This volume is one outcome of the 6th International Conference on Paleoceano?? graphy (ICP VI). The conference was held August 23-28, 1998 in Lisbon, Portugal. The meeting followed the traditional format of a small number of invited oral presentations complemented by a large number ofcontributed posters. Over 550 participants attended, representing thirty countries and nearly 450 posters were presented. The invited speakers addressed the main themes of the 5oral sessions. The session topics were: Polar-Tropical and Interhemisphere Linkages; Does the Ocean Cause, or Respond to, Abrupt Climatic Changes?; Biotic Responses to Major Paleoceanographic Changes; Past Warm Climates; and Innovations In Monitoring Ocean History. This is the first time in ICP history that the Conference Proceedings are published. The aim of the organisers with the publication of this book is two-fold: to provide a useful review of the field and to document the ideas/controversies raised during the con?? ference that may stimulate future work. The book reflects the initial intentions of the conference, but it is not a conven?? tional conference proceedings, given that the papers have been reviewed by formal exter?? nal referees. Each of the conference topics is introduced by a review article designed to summarize the state of the art in each theme followed by articles prepared by the invited speakers. As with most conference proceedings, each theme is covered heterogenously. Some topics have all the expected contributions, others are less well covered |
| ISBN,Price | 9781461541974 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. GEOPHYSICS
5. Geophysics and Environmental Physics
6. OCEANOGRAPHY
7. PALEONTOLOGY
8. Paleontology??
9. Sedimentology
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