From Suns to Life: A Chronological Approach to the History of Life on Earth

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Gargaud, Muriel (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Claeys, Philippe (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), López-García, Purificación (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Martin, Hervé (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Montmerle, Thierry (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Pascal, Robert (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Reisse, Jacques (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Θέματα: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrobiology.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

This review emerged from several interdisciplinary meetings and schools gathering a group of astronomers, geologists, biologists, and chemists, attempting to share their specialized knowledge around a common question: how did life emerge on Earth? Their ultimate goal was to provide some kind of answ...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• From the Arrow of Time to the Arrow of Life
• Dating Methods and Corresponding Chronometers in Astrobiology
• Solar System Formation and Early Evolution: the First 100 Million Years
• Building of a Habitable Planet
• Prebiotic Chemistry — Biochemistry — Emergence of Life (4.4-2 Ga)
• Environmental Context
• Ancient Fossil Record and Early Evolution (ca. 3.8 to 0.5 Ga)
• A Synthetic Interdisciplinary “Chronological Frieze”: an Attempt
• Life On Earth... And Elsewhere?.