The outer reaches of life /
Postgate, J. R.
The outer reaches of life / John Postgate. - 1st ed. - Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994. - ix, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Microbes and terrestrial life -- Some like it hot -- Cool, man, cool -- Big squeeze -- Salty tale -- Corrosive and slippery places -- Life without oxygen -- Living on minerals -- Exotic menus -- Of wraiths and ghosts -- Inertness of nitrogen -- Getting about -- Microsenses -- Private space -- Company -- Immortality and the big sleep -- Self-adjustment -- Life's outer reaches.
0521440106 (hardback)
93011579
Extreme environments--Microbiology.
576
The outer reaches of life / John Postgate. - 1st ed. - Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994. - ix, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Microbes and terrestrial life -- Some like it hot -- Cool, man, cool -- Big squeeze -- Salty tale -- Corrosive and slippery places -- Life without oxygen -- Living on minerals -- Exotic menus -- Of wraiths and ghosts -- Inertness of nitrogen -- Getting about -- Microsenses -- Private space -- Company -- Immortality and the big sleep -- Self-adjustment -- Life's outer reaches.
0521440106 (hardback)
93011579
Extreme environments--Microbiology.
576