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14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
This book is very detailed in a molecular + chemical way,
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This review is from: Life On The Edge (Hardcover)
I had to read this book for a college biology class and it was not an easy read. It is very detailed in explaing the extreme enviorments in which these creatures live, beacause it gets down to the chemical and molecular make-up of everything. You really need a biology dictionary to go with it.
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This review is from: Life on the Edge: Amazing Creatures Thriving in Extreme Environments (Paperback)
Gross starts out explaining the chemosynthesis that supports deep sea bacteria, archaea, very well. His extreme life bacteria are interesting, shedding light on life prior to the earth's oxygen atmosphere, but then what? The book becomes repetitive. Yes, some life forms can endure extreme heat, pressure, cold and drought and he explains all of this perfectly. This all lends support to theories of possible bacterial life on other planets and to what was the first forms of life on earth. Beyond that it is only a treatise for graduate students seeking a higher degree. It is a lot of new words-not for the general reader.
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Life On The Edge by Michael Gross (Hardcover - March 21, 1998)
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