ASTC01
ASTROBIOLOGI
Förutsättningar och möjligheter för liv i Universum (7,5 hp)
LÄROBOK
Woodruff
T. Sullivan, III & John Baross, eds.
Planets and Life
Cambridge University Press
2007 • ISBN-13: 9780521531023 (paperback); ISBN-13:
9780521824217 (hardcover)
CONTENTS
Part I. History: 1.
History of astrobiological ideas;
2. From exobiology to
astrobiology
Part II. The Physical Stage: 3.
Formation of Earth-like habitable planets;
4. Planetary
atmospheres and life
Part III. The Origin of Life on Earth:
5. Does 'life' have a
definition?; 6. Origin
of life: crucial issues; [7.
Origin of proteins and nucleic acids];
[8. The roots of
metabolism]; [9.
Origin of cellular life];
Part IV. Life on Earth:
10.
Evolution: a defining feature of life;
11.
Evolution of metabolism and early microbial
communities; 12.
The earliest records of life on Earth;
[13. The origin and diversification of eukaryotes]; 14. Limits
of carbon life on Earth and elsewhere;
15. Life in ice; [16. The evolution and diversification of
life]; 17. Mass extinctions
Part V. Potentially Habitable Worlds: 18. Mars;
19. Europa; 20. Titan; 21. Extrasolar planets;
Part VI. Searching for Extraterrestrial Life: 22. How to
search for life on other worlds;
23. Instruments and strategies for detecting
extraterrestrial life; 24. Societial and ethical concerns;
25. Planetary protection; 26. Searching for extraterrestrial
intelligence; 27. Alien biochemistries
[Part VII. Future of the Field]: [28. Disciplinary and
educational opportunities]; [Epilogue];
[Appendixes]; [Astrobiological destinations on planet
Earth]; [Micro*scope web tool]; [Index].
Pris i bokhandeln: häftad ca 470:-;
inbunden ca 850:-
KURSLITTERATUREN
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I läroboken kan kapitlen 7, 8, 9, 13, 16 samt Part VII
läsas kursivt, ovan utmärkta med hakparenteser [ ].
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