| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 315 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Cambridge astrobiology |
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Cambridge astrobiology.
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| Contents |
Observations of extrasolar planetary systems / Shay Zucker -- Atmospheres of extrasolar planets / L. Jeremy Richardson, Sara Seager -- Terrestrial planet formation / Edward W. Thommes -- From protoplanetary disks to prebiotic amino acids and the origin of the genetic code / Paul G. Higgs, Ralph E. Pudritz -- Emergent phenomena in biology: the origin of cellular life / David Deamer -- Extremophiles: defining the envelope for the search for life in the universe / Lynn Rothschild -- Hyperthermophilic life on Earth -- and on Mars? / Karl O. Stetter -- Phylogenomics: how far back in the past can we go? / Henner Brinkmann, Denis Baurain, Hervé Philippe -- Horizontal gene transfer, gene histories, and the root of the tree of life / Olga Zhaxybayeva, J. Peter Gogarten -- Evolutionary innovation versus ecological incumbency / Adolf Seilacher -- Gradual origin for the metazoans / Alexandra Pontefract, Jonathon Stone -- Search for life on Mars / Chris P. McKay -- Life in the dark dune spots of Mars: a testable hypothesis / Eörs Szathmáry [and others] -- Titan: a new astrobiological vision from the Cassini-Huygens data / François Raulin -- Europa, the ocean moon: tides, permeable ice, and life / Richard Greenberg |
| Summary |
Interdisciplinary overview of astrobiology for students and researchers in astrophysics, planetary science, geosciences, biochemistry, and biology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Exobiology.
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Life -- Origin.
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Habitable planets.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
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Exobiology
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Habitable planets
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Life -- Origin
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Astrobiologie
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Entstehung
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Mikroorganismus
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Extremophiler Mikroorganismus
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Außerirdisches Leben
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Lebensbedingungen
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Leben
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Planet
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Erde
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pudritz, Ralph E.
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Higgs, Paul G.
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Stone, J. R. (Jonathon Richard), 1966-
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| ISBN |
9780511367885 |
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0511367880 |
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9780511364266 |
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0511364261 |
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0511366671 |
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9780511366673 |
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1281146285 |
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9781281146281 |
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9781139132916 |
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9780511536120 |
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0511536127 |
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0511366043 |
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9780511366048 |
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9786611146283 |
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6611146288 |
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0511367295 |
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9780511367298 |
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9781107412866 |
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1107412862 |
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1107182174 |
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9781107182172 |
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