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Handbook of astrobiology / edited By Vera M. Kolb
- Published
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2019]
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 846 pages)
- Additional Creators
- Kolb, Vera M.
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- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1.1 Astrobiology: Definition, Scope, and a Brief Overview -- ch. 1.2 Astrobiology Goals: NASA Strategy and European Roadmap / Vera M. Kolb -- ch. 1.3 Online, Classroom and Wilderness Teaching Environments: Reaching Astrobiology Learners of All Ages Around the World / David J. Des Marais -- ch. 1.4 Astrobiology as a Medium of Science Education / Bruce W. Fouke / Kyle W. Fouke / Tom Murphy / Colleen N. Cook / Bruce F. Michelson / Joseph L. Cross / Lizanne DeStefano / Glenn A. Fried / Killivalavan Solai / Jacalyn Wittmer Malinowsky / Susan B. Kelly / Claudia C. Lutz / Erin Louer / Courtney C. Fenlon / Nicholas P. Vasi / Adrienne M. Gulley / Mayandi Sivaguru -- ch. 1.5 Astrobiology-as-Origins-Story: Education and Inspiration across Cultures / Sun Kwok -- ch. 2.1 Defining Life: Multiple Perspectives / Daniella Scalice -- ch. 2.2 A Generalized and Universalized Definition of Life Applicable to Extraterrestrial Environments / Vera M. Kolb -- ch. 2.3 Synthetic Cells and Minimal Life / Benton C. Clark -- ch. 2.4 Communication as the Main Characteristic of Life / Daniel G. Gibson / Clyde A. Hutchison III / Hamilton O. Smith / J. Craig Venter -- ch. 3.1 Philosophical Aspects of the Origin-of-Life Problem: Neither by Chance Nor by Design / Guenther Witzany -- ch. 3.2 Charles Darwin and the Plurality of Worlds: Are We Alone? / Iris Fry -- ch. 3.3 An Early History from Buffon to Oparin / Michael Ruse -- ch. 4.1 Interstellar Molecules and Their Prebiotic Potential / Stephane Tirard -- ch. 4.2 Formation and Delivery of Complex Organic Molecules to the Solar System and Early Earth / Lucy M. Ziurys -- ch. 4.3 Organic Molecules in Meteorites and Their Astrobiological Significance / Sun Kwok -- ch. 4.4 Ancient Life and Plate Tectonics / Zita Martins -- ch. 4.5 Atmosphere on Early Earth and Its Evolution as It Impacted Life / Clark M. Johnson / Martin J. Van Kranendonk -- ch. 5.1 Prebiotic Chemistry That Led to Life / James F. Kasting -- ch. 5.2 Prebiotic Chemical Pathways to RNA and the Importance of Its Compartmentation / Juli Pereto -- ch. 5.3 The Hydrothermal Impact Crater Lakes: The Crucibles of Life's Origin / Peter Strazewski -- ch. 5.4 Prebiotic Chemistry in Hydrothermal Vent Systems / Sankar Chatterjee -- ch. 5.5 Prebiotic Reactions in Water, "On Water," in Superheated Water, Solventless, and in the Solid State / Maria Colin-Garcia / Saul Villafane-Barajas / Antoni Camprubi / Fernando Ortega-Gutierrez / Vanessa Colas / Alicia Negron-Mendoza -- ch. 5.6 The Origin and Amplification of Chirality Leading to Biological Homochirality / Vera M. Kolb -- ch. 5.7 Phosphorus in Prebiotic Chemistry-An Update and a Note on Plausibility / Kenso Soai / Arimasa Matsumoto / Tsuneomi Kawasaki -- ch. 5.8 Phosphorylation on the Early Earth: The Role of Phosphorus in Biochemistry and Its Bioavailability / Alan W. Schwartz -- ch. 5.9 Silicon and Life / Carolyn Lang / Jennifer Lago / Matthew A. Pasek -- ch. 6.1 Transitions: RNA and Ribozymes in the Development of Life / Joseph B. Lambert -- ch. 6.2 Three Ways to Make an RNA Sequence: Steps from Chemistry to the RNA World / Eric J. Hayden / Niles Lehman / Peter J. Unrau -- ch. 6.3 Coevolution of RNA and Peptides / Paul G. Higgs -- ch. 6.4 Role of Cations in RNA Folding and Function / Peter Strazewski -- ch. 6.5 The Origin of Life as an Evolutionary Process: Representative Case Studies / Jessica C. Bowman / Anton S. Petrov / Loren Dean Williams -- ch. 6.6 The Complexity of Life's Origins: A Physicochemical View / Iris Fry -- ch. 7.1 Oparin's Coacervates / Jan J. Spitzer -- ch. 7.2 Protocell Emergence and Evolution / Vera M. Kolb -- ch. 8.1 The Progenote, Last Universal Common Ancestor, and the Root of the Cellular Tree of Life / Punam Dalai / Nita Sahai -- ch. 8.2 Horizontal Gene Transfer in Microbial Evolution / Johann Peter Gogarten -- ch. 8.3 Viruses in the Origin of Life and Its Subsequent Diversification / Johann Peter Gogarten / R. Thane Papke -- ch. 8.4 Carl R. Woese and the Journey toward a Universal Tree of Life / Luis P. Villarreal / Frank Ryan -- ch. 8.5 Fossils of Ancient Microorganisms / Bruce W. Fouke / Killivalavan Solai / Shelby L. Jones / Elizabeth M. Smith / Kyle W. Fouke / Kaitlyn E. Fouke / Claudia C. Lutz / Mayandi Sivaguru / Glenn A. Fried -- ch. 8.6 Biomarkers and Their Raman Spectral Signatures: An Analytical Challenge in Astrobiology / Kenichiro Sugitani -- ch. 8.7 Fossilization of Bacteria and Implications for the Search for Early Life on Earth and Astrobiology Missions to Mars / Howell G.M. Edwards -- ch. 9.1 Extremophiles and Their Natural Niches on Earth / Frances Westall / Keyron Hickman-Lewis -- ch. 9.2 Microbes in Space / Aharon Oren -- ch. 9.3 Virus Evolution and Ecology: Role of Viruses in Adaptation of Life to Extreme Environments / Kasthuri Venkateswaran -- ch. 10.1 The Evolution of Habitability: Characteristics of Habitable Planets / Marilyn J. Roossinck -- ch. 11.1 Mind in Universe: On the Origin, Evolution, and Distribution of Intelligent Life in Space / Charles H. Lineweaver / Aditya Chopra / Sarah R.N. McIntyre -- ch. 11.2 Where Are They? Implications of the Drake Equation and the Fermi Paradox / David Duner -- ch. 11.3 SETI: Its Goals and Accomplishments / Nikos Prantzos -- ch. 11.4 Humanistic Implications of Discovering Life Beyond Earth / Eric J. Korpela -- ch. 12.1 Exoplanets: Methods for Their Detection and Their Habitability Potential / Steven J. Dick -- ch. 12.2 Solar System Exploration: Small Bodies and Their Chemical and Physical Conditions / Ken Rice -- ch. 12.3 Solar System Exploration: Icy Moons and Their Habitability / Hikaru Yabuta -- ch. 12.4 Searching for Extraterrestrial Life in Our Solar System / Steven D. Vance -- ch. 12.5 Planetary Protection / Benton C. Clark.
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- 9781315159966 electronic book
1315159961 electronic book
9781351661119 electronic book
1351661116 electronic book
9781351661102 electronic book
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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