Rare Earth

Ward, P. D., & Brownlee, D. (2000). Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

2000

Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/b97646matched

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Primes

• Anna Karenina Principle
  • In astrobiology the Rare Earth hypothesis is the principle made cosmological

    This sourceArgues complex life requires the simultaneous satisfaction of many independent astrophysical and geological conditions (orbital distance, plate tectonics, a stabilizing moon, a shielding giant planet, liquid water), the cosmological instance of conjunctive necessity.

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