Planets and life : the emerging science of astrobiology /
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| Imprint: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007. |
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| Description: | xxi, 604 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6653854 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contributors
- Prologue
- Part I. History
- 1. History of astrobiological ideas
- 2. From exobiology to astrobiology
- Part II. The Physical Stage
- 3. Formation of Earth-like habitable planets
- 4. Planetary atmospheres and life
- Part III. The Origin of Life on Earth
- 5. Does 'life' have a definition?
- 6. Origin of life: crucial issues
- 7. Origin of proteins and nucleic acids
- 8. The roots of metabolism
- 9. Origin of cellular life
- Part IV. Life on Earth
- 10. Evolution: a defining feature of life
- 11. Evolution of metabolism and early microbial communities
- 12. The earliest records of life on Earth
- 13. The origin and diversification of eukaryotes
- 14. Limits of carbon life on Earth and elsewhere
- 15. Life in ice
- 16. The evolution and diversification of life
- 17. Mass extinctions
- Part V. Potentially Habitable Worlds
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- 21. Extrasolar planets
- Part VI. Searching for Extraterrestrial Life
- 22. How to search for life on other worlds
- 23. Instruments and strategies for detecting extraterrestrial life
- 24. Societial and ethical concerns
- 25. Planetary protection
- 26. Searching for extraterrestrial intelligence
- 27. Alien biochemistries
- Part VII. Future of the Field
- 28. Disciplinary and educational opportunities
- Appendixes
- A. Units and usages Epilogue
- B. Planetary properties
- C. The geological time scale
- D. Astrobiological destinations on planet Earth
- E. Microscope web tool
- Index
