Life through Time and Space (First Edition)

Arthur, Wallace

ISBN 10: 0674975863 / ISBN 13: 9780674975866

Published by Harvard University Press, 2017

About this Item

First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($29.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. Arthur, Stephen (illustrator). 277 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.75 inches. His work explores the interface between biology and astronomy, with two key themes: the likelihood of life having evolved on multiple exoplanets, and the nature of that life being probably not too different to life on Earth. Arthur is a proponent of an expanded evolutionary synthesis that takes into account progress in the field of evo-devo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life through Time and Space (First Edition)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674975863
• ISBN 13: 9780674975866
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Arthur, Stephen
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cosmology

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Synopsis

All humans share three origins: the beginning of our individual lives, the appearance of life on Earth, and the formation of our planetary home. Life through Time and Space brings together the latest discoveries in both biology and astronomy to examine our deepest questions about where we came from, where we are going, and whether we are alone in the cosmos.

A distinctive voice in the growing field of astrobiology, Wallace Arthur combines embryological, evolutionary, and cosmological perspectives to tell the story of life on Earth and its potential to exist elsewhere in the universe. He guides us on a journey through the myriad events that started with the big bang and led to the universe we inhabit today. Along the way, readers learn about the evolution of life from a primordial soup of organic molecules to complex plants and animals, about Earth’s geological transformation from barren rock to diverse ecosystems, and about human development from embryo to infant to adult. Arthur looks closely at the history of mass extinctions and the prospects for humanity’s future on our precious planet.

Do intelligent aliens exist on a distant planet in the Milky Way, sharing the three origins that characterize all life on Earth? In addressing this question, Life through Time and Space tackles the many riddles of our place and fate in the universe that have intrigued human beings since they first gazed in wonder at the nighttime sky.

About the Author

Wallace Arthur is Emeritus Professor of Zoology at the National University of Ireland, Galway.