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Chapter Fifteen - Life at the extremes

from Part IV - Life and habitability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2020

By
Steven L. Chown
Edited by
Guido di Prisco ,
Howell G. M. Edwards ,
Josef Elster  and
Ad H. L. Huiskes
Guido di Prisco
Affiliation:
National Research Council of Italy
Howell G. M. Edwards
Affiliation:
University of Bradford
Josef Elster
Affiliation:
University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
Ad H. L. Huiskes
Affiliation:
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
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Summary

Humans have always been fascinated by extreme environments and our capability not only to endure them, but also to perform great feats despite them. Such fascination has perhaps been best chronicled in Frances Ashcroft’s (2000) extraordinary book, from which I have borrowed this concluding chapter’s title. We are likewise captivated by species which seemingly make light of challenges we cannot overcome without technology

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Life in Extreme Environments
Insights in Biological Capability
 , pp. 343 - 354
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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