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" Handbook of astrobiology / "
edited By Vera M. Kolb.
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BL
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841240
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Handbook of astrobiology /\ edited By Vera M. Kolb.
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| Publication Statement
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Boca Raton, FL :: CRC Press,, [2019]
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xix, 846 pages :: illustrations (some color) ;; 29 cm
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1138065129
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: 9781138065123
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Section I. Astrobiology : definition, scope, and education -- Section II. Definition and nature of life -- Section III. Origin of life : history, philosophical aspects, and major developments -- Section IV. Chemical origins of life : chemicals in the universe and their delivery on the early earth; geology and atmosphere on the early earth -- Section V. Chemical origin of life : prebiotic chemistry -- Section VI. RNA and RNA world : complexity of life's origins -- Section VII. Origin of life : early compartmentalization--coacervates and protocells -- Section VIII. Origin of life and its diversification. Universal tree of life. Early primitive life on earth. Fossils of ancient microorganisms. Biomarkers and detection of life -- Section IX. Life under extreme conditions--microbes in space -- Section X. Habitability : characteristics of habitable planets -- Section XI. Intelligent life in space : history, philosophy, and SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) -- Section XII. Exoplanets, exploration of solar system, the search for extraterrestrial life in our solar system, and planetary protection.
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Exobiology, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Exobiology.
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576.8/39
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QH326.H36 2019
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Kolb, Vera M.
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