Would evolutionary timelines or cycles be slower in an overall colder planet?
(Thinking of those interactive diagrams for temperature on the kinetic energy of molecules zooming around in closed space)
(Thinking of those interactive diagrams for temperature on the kinetic energy of molecules zooming around in closed space)
It's a speculative hard sci-fi that posits ultra-fast evolution for life on the surface crust of a neutron star!
Although I was previously recommended Rocheworld by a former NASA researcher, with the note that Robert L. Forward made every effort to describe a scientifically plausible double planet.
Incidentally, it looks like Dragon’s Egg is his only work available on Audible. I’ll add it to my list.
TIL!
Oh, looks like this movie "Evolution" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_(2001_film) ) was also on those lines then!
(badum tish)
Also, the book does describe a character's apprehension at climbing to the dizzying heights of a few millimeters off the surface.