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- catalog abstract ""Deep within the earth's crust there exists a second biosphere, composed of very primitive heat-loving bacteria and containing perhaps more living matter than is present on the earth's entire surface. That is the astounding premise of this new book by Thomas Gold, one of the twentieth century's most distinguished scientists and a man with a long history of proposing seemingly preposterous theories that later prove correct." "Gold joins the deep hot biosphere argument to another, perhaps even more controversial theory for which he has marshalled evidence: that so-called fossil fuels originate not from compressed biological matter at all but from deep within the earth, present there since the planet's formation, long before our oxygen-rich surface biosphere came into existence." "The deep hot biosphere and deep-earth gas theories shed light on the nature of earthquakes, they suggest that reservoirs of petroleum and certain metal ores are much vaster (though not necessarily more accessible) than generally claimed, and they help to answer two of the most profound mysteries of the biological sciences: the origins of life on earth and the prospects of extraterrestrial life."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11071788.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Deep within the earth's crust there exists a second biosphere, composed of very primitive heat-loving bacteria and containing perhaps more living matter than is present on the earth's entire surface. That is the astounding premise of this new book by Thomas Gold, one of the twentieth century's most distinguished scientists and a man with a long history of proposing seemingly preposterous theories that later prove correct." "Gold joins the deep hot biosphere argument to another, perhaps even more controversial theory for which he has marshalled evidence: that so-called fossil fuels originate not from compressed biological matter at all but from deep within the earth, present there since the planet's formation, long before our oxygen-rich surface biosphere came into existence." "The deep hot biosphere and deep-earth gas theories shed light on the nature of earthquakes, they suggest that reservoirs of petroleum and certain metal ores are much vaster (though not necessarily more accessible) than generally claimed, and they help to answer two of the most profound mysteries of the biological sciences: the origins of life on earth and the prospects of extraterrestrial life."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-225) and index.".
- catalog description "Our garden of Eden -- Life at the borders -- The deep-earth gas theory -- Evidence for deep-earth gas -- Resolving the petroleum paradox -- The siljan experiment -- Extending the theory -- Rethinking earthquakes -- The origin of life -- What next?".
- catalog extent "xiv, 235 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0387985468 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Copernicus,".
- catalog subject "576.8/3 21".
- catalog subject "Deep-earth gas theory.".
- catalog subject "Extreme environment microbiology.".
- catalog subject "Extreme environments Microbiology.".
- catalog subject "Hydrocarbons.".
- catalog subject "Life Origin.".
- catalog subject "Petroleum Geology.".
- catalog subject "TN870.5 .G66 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Our garden of Eden -- Life at the borders -- The deep-earth gas theory -- Evidence for deep-earth gas -- Resolving the petroleum paradox -- The siljan experiment -- Extending the theory -- Rethinking earthquakes -- The origin of life -- What next?".
- catalog title "The deep hot biosphere / Thomas Gold ; foreword by Freeman Dyson.".
- catalog type "text".