Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Thomas, Paul J. (Editor), Hicks, Roland Dean (Editor), Chyba, Christopher F. (Editor), McKay, Christopher P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Organic chemistry.; Geophysics.; Geobiology.; Space sciences.; Astrobiology.; Organic Chemistry.; Biogeosciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

Nine years after the publication of Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life, one of the pioneering books in Astrobiology, this second edition revisits the role comets may have played in the origins and evolution of life. Recent analyses of Antarctic micrometeorites and ancient rocks in Australia...