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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
DOI registrant
Springer Nature
Link
https://doi.org/10.1007/b97646matched
Cited from
systems_cybernetics

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1 citation across 1 artifact.

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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.

      Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract

      The book's publisher abstract shows the Rare Earth argument resting on a bundle of astronomical conditions, but never names the Anna Karenina principle or conjunctive necessity.

      “The simulations showed that rocky planets orbiting at the “right” distances from the central star are easily formed, but they can end up with a wide range of water content. Earth seems to be quite a gem—a rocky planet where not only can liquid water exist for long periods of time, but where water can be found as a heathy oceanful—not too little and not too much.”

      From the publisher's abstract.

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