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Frontiers of astrobiology / edited by Chris Impey, University of Arizona, Jonathan Lunine, Cornell University, José Funes, Vatican Observatory, Vatican City
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 323 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)ISBN:- 9780511902574
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Summary: Astrobiology is an exciting interdisciplinary field that seeks to answer one of the most important and profound questions: are we alone? In this volume, leading international experts explore the frontiers of astrobiology, investigating the latest research questions that will fascinate a wide interdisciplinary audience at all levels. What is the earliest evidence for life on Earth? Where are the most likely sites for life in the Solar System? Could life have evolved elsewhere in the Galaxy? What are the best strategies for detecting intelligent extraterrestrial life? How many habitable or Earth-like exoplanets are there? Progress in astrobiology over the past decade has been rapid and, with evidence accumulating that Mars once hosted standing bodies of liquid water, the discovery of over 500 exoplanets and new insights into how life began on Earth, the scientific search for our origins and place in the cosmos continuesPPN: PPN: 883390086Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-20-CTM | ZDB-20-CBO
Part I. Introduction ; Inauguration of the study week on astrobiology / Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo; 1. Astrobiology -- a new synthesis
Part II. Origins of Planets and Life: 2. Towards a theory of life / Steven Benner and Paul Davies; 3. Terran metabolism: the first billion years
Part III. History of Life on Earth: 5. The early Earth / Frances Westall; 6. Evolution of a habitable planet
Part IV. Habitability of the Solar System: 8. Early Mars -- cradle or cauldron? / Armando Azua-Bustos, Rafael Vicuña, and Raymond Pierrehumbert; 9. Large habitable moons: Titan and Europa
Part V. Exoplanets and Life in the Galaxy: 11. Searches for habitable exoplanets / Sara Seager; 12. Review of known exoplanets
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