Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 315 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9780511536120
Series Statement:
Cambridge astrobiology 3
Content:
Several major breakthroughs have helped contribute to the emerging field of astrobiology. Focusing on these developments, this fascinating book explores some of the most important problems in this field. It examines how planetary systems formed, and how water and the biomolecules necessary for life were produced. It then focuses on how life may have originated and evolved on Earth. Building on these two themes, the final section takes the reader on a search for life elsewhere in the Solar System. It presents the latest results of missions to Mars and Titan, and explores the possibilities of life in the ice-covered ocean of Europa. This interdisciplinary book is an enjoyable overview of this exciting field for students and researchers in astrophysics, planetary science, geosciences, biochemistry, and evolutionary biology. Colour versions of some of the figures are available at www.cambridge.org/9780521875486
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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Observations of extrasolar planetary systems
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The atmospheres of extrasolar planets
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Terrestrial planet formation
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From protoplanetary disks to prebiotic amino acids and the origin of the genetic code
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Emergent phenomena in biology: the origin of cellular life
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Extremophiles: defining the envelope for the search for life in the universe
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Hyperthermophilic life on Earth -- and on Mars?
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Phylogenomics: how far back in the past can we go?
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Horizontal gene transfer, gene histories, and the root of the tree of life
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Evolutionary innovation versus ecological incumbency
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Gradual origin for the metazoans
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The search for life on Mars
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Life in the dark dune spots of Mars: a testable hypothesis
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Titan: a new astrobiological vision from the Cassini-Huygens data
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Europa, the ocean moon: tides, permeable ice, and life
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521875486
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107412866
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521875486
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511536120
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