Astrobiology:a brief introduction

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Plaxco Kevin W 1965-
Group Author: Gross Michael 1963-
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press,
Publisher Address: Baltimore
Publication Dates: 2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: ix, 259 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0801883660 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801883668 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801883679 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801883675
Index Number: Q693
CLC: Q693
Call Number: Q693/P721
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is life? -- Origins of a habitable universe -- Origins of a habitable planet -- Primordial soup -- The spark of life -- From molecules to cells -- A concise history of life on Earth -- Life on the edge -- Habitable worlds in the solar system and beyond -- The search for extraterrestrial life.