Life at the Limits

Life at the Limits
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9781139431941
ISBN-13 : 1139431943
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Book Synopsis Life at the Limits by : David A. Wharton

Download or read book Life at the Limits written by David A. Wharton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-07-23 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are fascinated by the seemingly impossible places in which organisms can live. There are frogs that freeze solid, worms that dry out and bacteria that survive temperatures over 100 ̊C. What seems extreme to us is, however, not extreme to these organisms. In this captivating account, the reader is taken on a tour of extreme environments, and shown the remarkable abilities of organisms to survive a range of extreme conditions, such as high and low temperatures and desiccation. This book considers how organisms survive major stresses and what extreme organisms can tell us about the origin of life and the possibilities of extraterrestrial life. These organisms have an extreme biology, which involves many aspects of their physiology, ecology and evolution.


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