Postgate, J. R. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>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.       
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521440106 (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>93011579 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Extreme environments--Microbiology.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>576