Paul (Hrsg.) Higgs

Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life

Buch

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… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Pudritz, Ralph (Hrsg.) / Stone, Jonathon (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-521-87548-6
EAN: 9780521875486
Produktnummer: 2876197
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 334 S.
Masse: H25.0 cm x B17.5 cm x D2.2 cm 759 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 759

Über den Autor

Ralph Pudritz is Director of the Origins Institute and a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at McMaster University. Paul Higgs is Canada Research Chair in Biophysics and a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at McMaster University. Jonathan Stone is Associate Director of the Origins Institute and SHARCNet Chair in Computational Biology in the Department of Biology at McMaster University.