The Science of Astrobiology A Personal View on Learning to Read the Book of Life /

• Main Author: Chela-Flores, Julian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 20
• Subjects: Physics.; Philosophy of nature.; Geobiology.; Evolutionary biology.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Space sciences.; Astrobiology.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Evolutionary Biology.; Biogeosciences.; Philosophy of Nature.

Since the publication of The New Science of Astrobiology in the year 2001—the first edition of the present book—two significant events have taken place raising the subject from the beginning of the century to its present maturity. Firstly, in 2001 the Galileo Mission still had two years to complete...