Screen LibraryLife in the universe /
"The world's leading textbook on astrobiology-ideal for an introductory one-semester course and now fully revised and updated"--
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton : |
| Publication Dates: | [2022] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Fifth edition. |
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| Summary: |
"The world's leading textbook on astrobiology-ideal for an introductory one-semester course and now fully revised and updated"-- |
| Item Description: |
Revised edition of the authors' Life in the universe, [2017]. Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, forms ; 28 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780691241784 0691241783 |
| Index Number: | QH327 |
| CLC: |
Q10 Q693 |
| Call Number: | Q693/B471/5th ed. |
| Contents: | Preface -- About the authors -- How to succeed in your astrobiology course -- Part I. Introducing Life in the Universe. Chapter 1. A universe of life? -- Chapter 2. The science of life in the universe -- Chapter 3. The universal context of life -- Part II. Life on Earth. Chapter 4. The habitability of Earth -- Chapter 5. The nature of life on Earth -- Chapter 6. The origin and evolution of life on Earth -- Part III. Life in the Solar System. Chapter 7. Searching for life in our solar system -- Chapter 8. Mars -- Chapter 9. Life on Jovian moons -- Chapter 10. The nature and evolution of habitability -- Part IV. Life Among the Stars. Chapter 11. Exoplanets : Their nature and potential habitability -- Chapter 12. The search for extraterrestrial intelligence -- Chapter 13. Interstellar travel and the Fermi paradox -- Epilogue : Contact - Implications for the search and discovery -- Answers to quick quiz questions -- Appendix A. Useful numbers -- Appendix B. Useful formulas -- Appendix C. A few mathematical skills -- Appendix D. The periodic table of the elements -- Appendix E. The solar system -- Appendix F. List of learning objectives -- Glossary -- Credits -- Index |