Kevin Hand
Autor/a de Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space
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by Kevin Peter Hand
Definitely need to be in a brainy mood for part of this book. I took astronomy in college but that's been ages ago! Chapter 2 is mostly a lot of calculations and things that went over my head. The rest of the book mostly broke down the hard to follow calculations into concepts that are easy to understand.
The author described his search for life in the oceans of planets and moons, mainly the moons of Saturn. He also described being in a deep sea diving expedition and things went south! I listened to the audio version and he sounded calm but I would have been frantic! He also described the wonders he saw!
He is on the team to send a mission to explore Saturn's moons. The author's enthusiasm is contagious. I wonder if any life will be found in those unique oceans? I hope I live long enough to find out!… (més)