Lectures in Astrobiology Volume I /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gargaud, Muriel (Editor), Barbier, Bernard (Editor), Martin, Hervé (Editor), Reisse, Jacques (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
• Series: Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Organic chemistry.; Geophysics.; Geobiology.; Microbiology.; Space sciences.; Astrobiology.; Earth Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Organic Chemistry.
• Physical Description: XXVI, 792 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540262299
• ISSN: 1610-8957

This book is the first comprehensive textbook at the graduate level encompassing all aspects associated with the emerging field of astrobiology. Volume I gathers a fist set of extensive lectures that cover a broad range of topics, from the formation of solar system to the quest for the most primitive life forms that emerged on the early Earth.