| Lectures in Astrobiology, Volume II 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Gargaud, Muriel (Editor), Lazcano, A. (Foreword by), Martin, Hervé (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3540336923 ISBN-13: 9783540336921 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2006 Annotation: Based on material delivered at several summer schools, this book is the first comprehensive textbook at the graduate level encompassing all aspects associated with the emerging field of astrobiology. Volume II gathers another set of extensive lectures covering topics so diverse as the formation and the distribution of elements in the universe, the concept of habitability from both the planetologists' and the biologists' point of view and artificial life. The contributions are held together by the common goal to understand better the origin of life, its evolution and possible existence outside the Earth's realm. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology - Science | Chemistry - Organic - Science | Life Sciences - Microbiology |
| Dewey: 576.839 |
| Series: Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics |
| Physical Information: 1.22" H x 6.41" W x 9.5" (2.79 lbs) 669 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based on material delivered at several summer schools, this book is the first comprehensive textbook at the graduate level encompassing all aspects associated with the emerging field of astrobiology. Volume II gathers another set of extensive lectures covering topics so diverse as the formation and the distribution of elements in the universe, the concept of habitability from both the planetologists' and the biologists' point of view and artificial life. The contributions are held together by the common goal to understand better the origin of life, its evolution and possible existence outside the Earth's realm. |