ISBN10: 0684841916, ISBN13: 9780684841915, [publisher: Scribner] Hardcover New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1
[North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]

Scribner Book Company 1999 Hard cover Acceptable

Scribner, New York, Date: 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Very Good. 288 pp., decorated dustwrapper. Minimal wear to the edges of the dustwrapper, otherwise in very good order. The bottom edge of the text block has a black marking pen stripe, and there is a rubberstamp indicating that the book was a loan copy. The author manages to make climbing through dark holes many hundreds of metres underneath the surface of the Earth entertaining educational and even exciting. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Speleology; ISBN: 0684841916. ISBN/EAN: 9780684841915. Inventory No: 0236357. . 9780684841915 1999. Scribner ISBN 0684841916 9780684841915 [AU]

ISBN10: 0684841916, ISBN13: 9780684841915, [publisher: Scribner, New York] Hardcover First Edition 288 pp., decorated dustwrapper. Minimal wear to the edges of the dustwrapper, otherwise in very good order. The bottom edge of the text block has a black marking pen stripe, and there is a rubberstamp indicating that the book was a loan copy. The author manages to make climbing through dark holes many hundreds of metres underneath the surface of the Earth entertaining educational and even exciting. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Speleology; ISBN: 0684841916. ISBN/EAN: 9780684841915. Inventory No: 0236357.
[Melbourne, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 1999]

New York. 1999. April 1999. Scribner. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684841916. 285 pages. hardcover. keywords: Science Underground Space Astronomy Earth. FROM THE PUBLISHER - In a narrative that combines cutting-edge science with intense physical adventure, DARK LIFE tells the fascinating story of the quest to find life far underground and deep in space. Able to thrive without sunlight or oxygen, dark life is a mass of subterranean bacteria that would likely tip the scale if weighed against all other living matter combined. Journalist Michael Ray Taylor takes us from Antarctic lakes to Hawaiian volcanoes to the satellites of Jupiter in search of these mysterious underground creatures that are redefining our understanding of evolution. Taylor serves as a field assistant on several key scientific expeditions. He descends deep into New Mexico's tortuous Lechuguilla Cave and focuses powerful NASA microscopes on never-before-seen life-forms. He accompanies a young NASA intern who unknowingly kicks off a raging international scientific debate when she uncovers traces of dark life in a rock extracted from nearly two miles below Washington State - traces that appear identical to the ‘micro-fossils' found in a Martian meteorite. He meets another scientist who has staked his reputation on using dark life to generate a cure for breast cancer. Throughout his adventures, Taylor gains unique insight into a growing controversy about the very definition of life ...