Author: Cockell, Charles S.
Title: Impossible Extinction : Natural Catastrophes and the Supremacy of the Microbial World
Description: Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 2003. orig.boards. 24x15cm, ix,181.(8) pp. 8pp photoplates.. Minor rubbing. A light ink mark to cover. VG. ¶ Contents: The galactic roulette; Primordial leftovers; The microbial menagerie; The record of catastrophe; The sky falls in; Supernova fry up; Fire from below; Intelligent stupidity; The world is not enough?; Numbers and units; Glossary; Index.

Keywords: Microbial Ecology, Extreme Environment, Microbiology, Extinction Biology, Catastrophes, Geology, Exobiology, ,