Unmasking Europa: The Search for Life on Jupiter's Ocean Moon

Jupiter's ice moon Europa is widely regarded as the most likely place to find accessible extraterrestrial life. This book tells the engaging story of Europa, the oceanic moon. It features a large number of stunning images of the ocean moon's surface, clearly displaying the spectacular crack patterns, extensive rifts and ridges, and refrozen pools of exposed water filled with rafts of displaced ice. Coverage also features firsthand accounts of Galileo's mission to Jupiter and its moons. The book tells the rough and tumble inside story of a very human enterprise in science that lead to the discovery of a fantastic new world that might well harbor life.

Author: Richard Greenberg
Publisher: Copernicus Books
Published: 08/19/2008
Pages: 277
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.40w x 1.15d
ISBN: 9780387479361

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2009