Young Sun, Early Earth and the Origins of Life: Lessons for Astrobiology (2012)

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Synopsis
- How did the Sun come into existence? - How was the Earth formed? - How long has Earth been the way it is now, with its combination of oceans and continents? - How do you define “life”? - How did the first life forms emerge? - What conditions made it possible for living things to evolve? All these questions are answered in this colourful textbook addressing undergraduate students in "Origins of Life" courses and the scientifically interested public. The authors take the reader on an amazing voyage through time, beginning five thousand million years ago in a cloud of interstellar dust and ending five hundred million years ago, when the living world that we see today was finally formed. A chapter on exoplanets provides an overview of the search for planets outside the solar system, especially for habitable ones.The appendix closes the book with a glossary, a bibliography of further readings and a summary of the Origins of the Earth and life in fourteen boxes.
Copyright:
2012

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9783642225529
Related ISBNs:
9783642225512
Publisher:
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Earth Sciences
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Translator:
Storm Dunlop

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