Title
How Life on Earth is Affected by Earth's Unique Placement and Orientation in Our Solar System : An Anthology of Current Thought
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Description
By Eric M. Monier.
This fascinating anthology explores how life on Earth has formed and been influenced by where Earth is in relation to the Sun and the other planets. Written by renowned scientists and published in esteemed journals, each article explores a variety of topics on the subject. How threatened are we by asteroids? Will our life source, the Sun, eventually kill us? Is there a possibility for life on other planets? The editor introduces these questions and many others that are both timely and timeless.
ISBN
1404203923
Publication Date
2006
Publication Information
New York : Rosen, 2006.
192 p. ; 23 cm.
Series: Contemporary discourse in the field of astronomy
Disciplines
Physics
Department
Physics
Repository Citation
Monier, Eric, "How Life on Earth is Affected by Earth's Unique Placement and Orientation in Our Solar System : An Anthology of Current Thought" (2006). Brockport Bookshelf. 242.
https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/bookshelf/242
Comments
Located in Drake Library at: QB503 .H69 2006
CONTENTS: Radiation from space -- The formation and position of a life-bearing planet -- The role of the sun -- Protected by the atmosphere -- Encounters with asteroids -- The beginnings of life.