| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 534 pages 36 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
University of Arizona space science series |
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University of Arizona space science series.
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| Contents |
Part 1: Earth: lessons learned from a terrestrial planet. Creation of a habitable planet -- Life's requirements, habitability, and biological potential -- The environmental roots of the origins of life -- Life as a planetary process -- Detecting life on Earth and the limits of analogy -- Part 2: Astrobiology in our solar system. Planetary astrobiology: early Mars -- The biological potential of present-day Mars -- The astrobiology of Europa and the Jovian system -- Enceladus -- The astrobiology of Titan -- Planetary protection in planetary exploration missions -- Part 3: The solar system: exoplanet synergy. Solar system formation in the context of extrasolar planets -- Origins of Earth's water: sources and constraints -- Venus as an analog for hot Earths -- Earth as an exoplanet -- Part 4: Synthesis. The inner solar system's habitability through time -- Characterizing exoplanet habitability -- Probabilistic frameworks for life detection -- Unifying themes and future work in planetary astrobiology |
| Summary |
"Are we alone in the universe? How did life arise on our planet? How do we search for life beyond Earth? These profound questions excite and intrigue broad cross sections of science and society. Answering these questions is the province of the emerging, strongly interdisciplinary field of astrobiology. Life is inextricably tied to the formation, chemistry, and evolution of its host world, and multidisciplinary studies of solar system worlds can provide key insights into processes that govern planetary habitability, informing the search for life in our solar system and beyond. Planetary Astrobiology brings together current knowledge across astronomy, biology, geology, physics, chemistry, and related fields, and considers the synergies between studies of solar systems and exoplanets to identify the path needed to advance the exploration of these profound questions. Planetary Astrobiology represents the combined efforts of more than seventy-five international experts consolidated into twenty chapters and provides an accessible, interdisciplinary gateway for new students and seasoned researchers who wish to learn more about this expanding field. Readers are brought to the frontiers of knowledge in astrobiology via results from the exploration of our own solar system and exoplanetary systems. The overarching goal of Planetary Astrobiology is to enhance and broaden the development of an interdisciplinary approach across the astrobiology, planetary science, and exoplanet communities, enabling a new era of comparative planetology that encompasses conditions and processes for the emergence, evolution, and detection of life"--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from resource home page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed February 16, 2021) |
| Subject |
Exobiology.
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Planetary science.
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SCIENCE -- General.
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Exobiology
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Planetary science
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Meadows, Victoria S., editor.
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Arney, Giada Nicole, editor.
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Schmidt, B. E. (Britney E.), editor.
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Des Marais, David J., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780816540655 |
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0816540659 |
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