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2 - The Search for Another Earth-Like Planet and Life Elsewhere

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 July 2017

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Joshua Krissansen-Totton  and
David C. Catling
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Andreas Losch
Andreas Losch
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Universität Bern, Switzerland
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What is Life? On Earth and Beyond , pp. 30 - 56
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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