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Lectures in Astrobiology

Vol I

  • Textbook
  • © 2005

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Editors:
  1. Muriel Gargaud
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  2. Bernard Barbier
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  3. Hervé Martin
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  4. Jacques Reisse
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  • First comprehensive,
  • beginning graduate level book on the emergent science of astrobiology
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics (ASTROBIO)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. From the Origin of Life on Earth to Life in the Universe

    • André Brack
    Pages 3-23

  3. The Formation of Solar-type Stars: Boundary Conditions for the Origin of Life?

    • Thierry Montmerle
    Pages 29-59

  4. Chronology of Solar System Formation

    • Jean-Marc Petit, Alessandro Morbidelli
    Pages 61-82

  5. The Origin and Evolution of the Oceans

    • Daniele L. Pinti
    Pages 83-112

  6. Genesis and Evolution of the Primitive Earth Continental Crust

    • Hervé Martin
    Pages 113-163

  7. Thermal Evolution of the Earth During the First Billion Years

    • Christophe Sotin
    Pages 165-193

  8. The Geological Context for the Origin of Life and the Mineral Signatures of Fossil Life

    • Frances Westall
    Pages 195-226

  9. Lake Vostok, Antarctica: Exploring a Subglacial Lake and Searching for Life in an Extreme Environment

    • Jean Robert Petit, Irina Alekhina, Sergey Bulat
    Pages 227-288

  10. Comets: Potential Sources of Prebiotic Molecules for the Early Earth

    • Didier Despois, Hervé Cottin
    Pages 289-352

  11. Comparative Planetology, Mars and Exobiology

    • Jean-Pierre Bibring
    Pages 353-383

  12. Spectroscopic Signatures of Life on Exoplanets – The Darwin and TPF Missions

    • Franck Selsis, Alain Léger, Marc Ollivier
    Pages 385-423

  13. A Rational Approach to the Origin of Life: From Amphiphilic Molecules to Protocells. Some Plausible Solutions, and Some Real Problems

    • Guy Ourisson, Yoichi Nakatani
    Pages 429-448

  14. Prebiotic Chemistry: Laboratory Experiments and Planetary Observation

    • François Raulin, Patrice Coll, Rafael Navarro-González
    Pages 449-471

  15. Chirality and the Origin of Homochirality

    • John Cronin, Jacques Reisse
    Pages 473-515

  16. Peptide Emergence, Evolution and Selection on the Primitive Earth

    • Auguste Commeyras, Laurent Boiteau, Odile Vandenabeele-Trambouze, Franck Selsis
    Pages 517-545

  17. Peptide Emergence, Evolution and Selection on the Primitive Earth

    • Auguste Commeyras, Laurent Boiteau, Odile Vandenabeele-Trambouze, Franck Selsis
    Pages 547-569

  18. The RNA World: Hypotheses, Facts and Experimental Results

    • Marie-Christine Maurel, Anne-Lise Haenni
    Pages 571-594

  19. Looking for the Most ‘Primitive’ Life Forms: Pitfalls and Progresses

    • Simonetta Gribaldo, Patrick Forterre
    Pages 595-615

  20. The Universal Tree of Life: From Simple to Complex or From Complex to Simple

    • Henner Brinkmann, Hervé Philippe
    Pages 617-655
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This book is the first comprehensive textbook at the graduate level encompassing all aspects that are associated with the emerging field of astrobiology. Volume I gathers a first set of extensive lectures that cover a broad range of topics, from the formation of solar system to the quest for the most primitive life forms that have emerged on the Early Earth.

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