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Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction
Taschenbuch von David C. Catling
Sprache: Englisch

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Astrobiologists study the origin and evolution of life on Earth and the possibility of life beyond Earth; a question that has fascinated scientists for hundreds of years. In this Very Short Introduction, David C. Catling introduces the latest scientific understanding of astrobiology, incorporating aspects of microbiology, geology, and astronomy.
Astrobiologists study the origin and evolution of life on Earth and the possibility of life beyond Earth; a question that has fascinated scientists for hundreds of years. In this Very Short Introduction, David C. Catling introduces the latest scientific understanding of astrobiology, incorporating aspects of microbiology, geology, and astronomy.
Über den Autor
David Catling is a Professor of Earth and Space Sciences. After a doctorate at the University of Oxford, he worked as a planetary scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center near San Francisco, from 1995-2001. In 2001, he was appointed as one of the world's first astrobiology professors at the University of Washington in Seattle. From 2005-2008, Prof. Catling was European Union Marie Curie Chair in Earth System and Planetary Studies at the University of Bristol, before returning to Seattle in 2009. He has taught astrobiology courses for over a decade and has published over eighty papers and articles in areas ranging from the geology of Mars, to the biochemistry of complex life, to the co-evolution of Earth's atmosphere and biosphere.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 1: What is astrobiology?

  • 2: From stardust to planets, the abodes for life

  • 3: Origins

  • 4: From slime to sublime

  • 5: Life: a genome's way of making more and fitter genomes

  • 6: Life in the solar system

  • 7: Far-off worlds, distant suns

  • 8: Controversies and prospects

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 160
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780199586455
ISBN-10: 0199586454
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Catling, David C.
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 172 x 111 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: David C. Catling
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.10.2013
Gewicht: 0,129 kg
preigu-id: 105900332
Über den Autor
David Catling is a Professor of Earth and Space Sciences. After a doctorate at the University of Oxford, he worked as a planetary scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center near San Francisco, from 1995-2001. In 2001, he was appointed as one of the world's first astrobiology professors at the University of Washington in Seattle. From 2005-2008, Prof. Catling was European Union Marie Curie Chair in Earth System and Planetary Studies at the University of Bristol, before returning to Seattle in 2009. He has taught astrobiology courses for over a decade and has published over eighty papers and articles in areas ranging from the geology of Mars, to the biochemistry of complex life, to the co-evolution of Earth's atmosphere and biosphere.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 1: What is astrobiology?

  • 2: From stardust to planets, the abodes for life

  • 3: Origins

  • 4: From slime to sublime

  • 5: Life: a genome's way of making more and fitter genomes

  • 6: Life in the solar system

  • 7: Far-off worlds, distant suns

  • 8: Controversies and prospects

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Fachbereich: Astronomie
Genre: Physik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 160
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780199586455
ISBN-10: 0199586454
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Catling, David C.
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 172 x 111 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: David C. Catling
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.10.2013
Gewicht: 0,129 kg
preigu-id: 105900332
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