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Lectures in Astrobiology

Vol I

  • 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

  2. Chronology of Solar System Formation

    • Jean-Marc Petit, Alessandro Morbidelli
    Pages 61-82
  3. The Origin and Evolution of the Oceans

    • Daniele L. Pinti
    Pages 83-112
  4. Comets: Potential Sources of Prebiotic Molecules for the Early Earth

    • Didier Despois, Hervé Cottin
    Pages 289-352
  5. Comparative Planetology, Mars and Exobiology

    • Jean-Pierre Bibring
    Pages 353-383
  6. Spectroscopic Signatures of Life on Exoplanets – The Darwin and TPF Missions

    • Franck Selsis, Alain Léger, Marc Ollivier
    Pages 385-423
  7. Prebiotic Chemistry: Laboratory Experiments and Planetary Observation

    • François Raulin, Patrice Coll, Rafael Navarro-González
    Pages 449-471
  8. Chirality and the Origin of Homochirality

    • John Cronin, Jacques Reisse
    Pages 473-515
  9. Peptide Emergence, Evolution and Selection on the Primitive Earth

    • Auguste Commeyras, Laurent Boiteau, Odile Vandenabeele-Trambouze, Franck Selsis
    Pages 517-545
  10. Peptide Emergence, Evolution and Selection on the Primitive Earth

    • Auguste Commeyras, Laurent Boiteau, Odile Vandenabeele-Trambouze, Franck Selsis
    Pages 547-569
  11. The RNA World: Hypotheses, Facts and Experimental Results

    • Marie-Christine Maurel, Anne-Lise Haenni
    Pages 571-594
  12. Looking for the Most ‘Primitive’ Life Forms: Pitfalls and Progresses

    • Simonetta Gribaldo, Patrick Forterre
    Pages 595-615

About this book

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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