Planetary systems and the origin of life /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 315 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge astrobiology Cambridge astrobiology. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11813347 |
| Summary: | Several major breakthroughs in the last decade 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 315 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511367885 0511367880 9780511364266 0511364261 0511366671 9780511366673 1281146285 9781281146281 1139132911 9781139132916 9780511536120 0511536127 0511366043 9780511366048 9786611146283 6611146288 0511367295 9780511367298 9781107412866 1107412862 9780521875486 052187548X |