Draws on current findings in astrobiology to chart the story of the second half of the planet Earth's life, predicting that the process of planetary evolution will effectively reverse itself until life discontinues and the world becomes engulfed by an expanding sun. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.[...]
What determines whether complex life will arise on a planet, or even any life at all? What conditions are necessary for the emergence of intelligence? This books synthesize sinformation from astronomy, biology, and paleontology, to apply what we know about the rise of life on Earth to what could pos[...]