Overview
- Provides a valuable overview of established and emerging techniques for evaluating modern and ancient microorganisms on Earth and beyond
- Contains diverse, critical reviews of paleontological and taphonomic studies of life in the Universe
Part of the book series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology (COLE, volume 12)
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Table of contents (26 chapters)
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Geology
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Fossils and Fossilization
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Stromatolites, Microbial Mats, and Biofilms
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Biology
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Terrestrial Microbes as Analogs for Life Elsewhere in the Universe
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Evolution and Astrobiology
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Space Sciences
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Astronomical and Cosmological Considerations in Astrobiology
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Reviews
From the reviews:
"This book emphasizes the study of Precambrian paleontology and its implications for investigating extraterrestrial biosignatures. … Largely technical in nature, this fascinating volume … will be of great interest to astrobiologists, planetary astronomers, evolutionary biologists, and paleontologists. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections." (D. A. Brass, Choice, Vol. 46 (9), May, 2009)
"In this book, expert scientists from 15 countries present peer-reviewed, stimulating reviews of paleontological and astrobiological studies. The overviews of established and emerging techniques for studying modern and ancient microorganisms on Earth and beyond will be valuable guides to evaluating biosignatures that could be found in the extraterrestrial surface or subsurface within the solar system and beyond. … It is a unique volume among astrobiology monographs in focusing on fossil evidence from the geological record and will be valuable to students and researchers … ." (Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin, 2009)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: From Fossils to Astrobiology
Book Subtitle: Records of Life on Earth and the Search for Extraterrestrial Biosignatures
Editors: Joseph Seckbach, Maud Walsh
Series Title: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8837-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8836-0Published: 29 October 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-8949-4Published: 02 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8837-7Published: 07 November 2008
Series ISSN: 1566-0400
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0048
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVI, 546
Topics: Astrobiology, Paleontology, Microbial Ecology, Geology, Microbiology, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary