Origins of life : a cosmic perspective /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Whittet, Doug C. B. (συγγραφέας.)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: San Rafael [Καλιφόρνια] : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2017.
• Σειρά: IOP concise physics.
• Θέματα: Εξωβιολογία; Ζωή > Προέλευση

'Origins of Life: A Cosmic Perspective' presents an overview of the concepts, methods, and theories of astrobiology and origins of life research while presenting a summary of the latest findings. The book provides insight into the environments and processes that gave birth to life on our p...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 1.1. What is life?
• 1.2. Could life be silicon-based?
• 1.3. Time constraints
• 1.4. Scenarios for the origin of life on Earth
• 1.5. Searching for life beyond Earth
• 2. Cosmic synthesis of the biologically important chemical elements
• 2.1. Elements essential to life
• 2.2. Origin of the elements
• 2.3. Distributing the products of nucleosynthesis
• 3. Molecules in space : from interstellar clouds to protoplanetary disks
• 3.1. Chemistry in the interstellar medium
• 3.2. The rise of molecular complexity
• 3.3. Protostars and the chemical heritage of protoplanetary disks
• 4. The origin and evolution of our solar system
• 4.1. The Sun's birth environment
• 4.2. The solar nebula and the origin of the planets
• 4.3. Time capsules from the early Solar System
• 4.4. The evolution of habitability
• 5. The early Earth : forging an environment for life
• 5.1. The Earth-Moon system
• 5.2. Cosmic impacts
• 5.3. Emergence of the atmosphere and hydrosphere
• 5.4. Toward a prebiotic world
• 6. The origin of terrestrial life : converging on a paradigm
• 6.1. Constructing life's framework
• 6.2. Tracing life's ancestry
• 6.3. The transition to life
• 7. The search for life on Mars
• 7.1. Evolving conditions and habitability
• 7.2. Searching for biosignatures
• 7.3. Future prospects
• 8. Icy worlds as potential hosts for life
• 8.1. The moons of Jupiter
• 8.2. Saturn and beyond
• 8.3. Prospects for life
• 9. The search for life beyond our solar system
• 9.1. Exoplanetary systems : characteristics and habitability
• 9.2. The search for spectroscopic biosignatures
• 9.3. The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)
• 9.4. What if we succeed?