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The Deep Hot Biosphere
Thomas Gold
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Description for The Deep Hot Biosphere
Paperback. Proposes answers to often-asked questions such as: Is the deep hot biosphere where life originated, and do Mars and other seemingly barren planets contain deep biospheres? And is it possible that there is an enormous store of hydrocarbons upwelling from deep within the earth that can provide us with abundant supplies of gas and petroleum? Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDZ; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
This book sets forth a set of truly controversial and astonishing theories: First, it proposes that below the surface of the earth is a biosphere of greater mass and volume than the biosphere the total sum of living things on our planet's continents and in its oceans. Second, it proposes that the inhabitants of this subterranean biosphere are not plants or animals as we know them, but heat-loving bacteria that survive on a diet consisting solely of hydrocarbons that is, natural gas and petroleum. And third and perhaps most heretically, the book advances the stunning idea that most hydrocarbons on ... Read more
This book sets forth a set of truly controversial and astonishing theories: First, it proposes that below the surface of the earth is a biosphere of greater mass and volume than the biosphere the total sum of living things on our planet's continents and in its oceans. Second, it proposes that the inhabitants of this subterranean biosphere are not plants or animals as we know them, but heat-loving bacteria that survive on a diet consisting solely of hydrocarbons that is, natural gas and petroleum. And third and perhaps most heretically, the book advances the stunning idea that most hydrocarbons on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
257
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
243
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780387952536
SKU
V9780387952536
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99-15
Reviews for The Deep Hot Biosphere
From the reviews: "always original, always important, usually controversial, and usually right" - FROM THE FOREWORD BY FREEMAN DYSON "an extraordinary theory from one of the world's most original minds." - NIGEL HAWKES, THE TIMES, LONDON "The leading supporter of the abiotic theory in the U.S. is Prof. Thomas Gold of Cornell. His 1999 ... Read more