Planetary systems and the origin of life /

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Imprint:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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
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Other authors / contributors:Pudritz, Ralph E.
Higgs, Paul G.
Stone, J. R. (Jonathon Richard), 1966-
ISBN:9780511367885
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:Interdisciplinary overview of astrobiology for students and researchers in astrophysics, planetary science, geosciences, biochemistry, and biology.
Other form:Print version: Planetary systems and the origin of life. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521875486 052187548X
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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.
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