عنوان

Planetary and Interstellar Processes Relevant to the Origins of Life

شابک

9401589070

شابک

9789401589079

شماره

b591966

عنوان اصلي

Planetary and Interstellar Processes Relevant to the Origins of Life

نام عام مواد

[Book]

نام نخستين پديدآور

edited by D.C.B. Whittet.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Dordrecht

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Springer Netherlands

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

1997

نام خاص و کميت اثر

(iii, 316 pages)

متن يادداشت

Commentary --; Origin of the Biologically Important Elements --; Circumstellar and Interstellar Synthesis of Organic Molecules --; Detection of Organic Matter in Interstellar Grains --; The Nature and Evolution of Interstellar Ices --; Interstellar Ices Studied with the Infrared Space Observatory --; The Search for Interstellar Glycine --; The Origin of Low Mass Stars --; Analogs of the Early Solar System --; The Early Solar System --; Physics and Chemistry of the Solar Nebula --; Chemical Evolution on Titan: Comparisons to the Prebiotic Earth --; Is Extraterrestrial Organic Matter Relevant to the Origin of Life on Earth? --; The Search for Life on Mars --; Habitable Zones Around Low Mass Stars and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life.

متن يادداشت

These are exciting times for exobiology. The ubiquity of organic molecules in interstellar clouds, comets and asteroids strongly supports a cosmic perspective on the origin of life. Data from both ground-based telescopes and the recently launched Infrared Space Observatory are providing new insight into the complexity of carbon-based chemistry beyond the Earth. Meteorites give us solid evidence for extraterrestrial amino acids, and putative fossil evidence for life in a 3.6 billion-year-old Martian meteorite hints that life in our system might not be the sole prerogative of the Earth. Giant planets have now been discovered orbiting other stars, and although such planets seem unlikely to be habitable themselves, their existence strongly suggests what many astronomers have long believed - that planetary systems are commonplace. All these topics are reviewed in this volume by active researchers. The level is appropriate for graduate students in astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, physics, and related disciplines. It will also provide a valuable source of reference for active researchers in these fields.

موضوع مستند نشده

Geography.

موضوع مستند نشده

Meteorology.

موضوع مستند نشده

Planetary science.

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

edited by D.C.B. Whittet.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

D C B Whittet

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y