Astrobiology: a very short introduction
by Catling, David, (David Charles)
Astrobiologists study the origin and evolution of life on Earth and the possibility of life beyond Earth; a question that has fascinated scientists for hundreds of years. In this book David C. Catling introduces the latest scientific understanding of astrobiology, incorporating aspects of microbiology, geology and astronomy.
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- Full title :Astrobiology : a very short introduction / David C. Catling.
Summary
Astrobiologists study the origin and evolution of life on Earth and the possibility of life beyond Earth; a question that has fascinated scientists for hundreds of years. In this book David C. Catling introduces the latest scientific understanding of astrobiology, incorporating aspects of microbiology, geology and astronomy.
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- Publication Date:2013.
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiv, 142 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780191665240, 019166524X, 9780191665257, 0191665258
- oclc:ocn894392269
- LC Classification:QH326
- Dewey Decimal:576.839
Table of Contents
What is astrobiology? -- From stardust to planets, the abodes for life -- Origins of life and environment -- From slime to the sublime -- Life : a genome's way of making more and fitter genomes -- Life in the solar system -- Far-off worlds, distant suns -- Controversies and prospects.
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