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Lectures in Astrobiology

Vol I : Part 2: From Prebiotic Chemistry to the Origin of Life on Earth

  • Second of a two volume softcover edition of "Lectures on Astrobiology Volume 1"
  • Contains Introduction, Part II and Appendix with extensive glossary on Astrobiology of Volume I. It is thus a self contained book.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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

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About this book

This is the second of a divided two-part softcover edition of  the "Lectures in Astrobiology Volume I" containing the sections "General Introduction", "From Prebiotic Chemistry to the Origin of Life on Earth" and "Appendices" including an extensive glossary on Astrobiology.

"Lectures in Astrobiology" is the first comprehensive textbook at graduate level encompassing all aspects of the emerging field of astrobiology. Volume I of the Lectures in Astrobiology gathers a first set of extensive lectures that cover a broad range of topics, from the formation of solar systems to the quest for the most primitive life forms that  emerged on the Early Earth.

Keywords

  • Astrobiology
  • Origin of Life
  • Solar System

Editors and Affiliations

  • CNRS Centre de Biophysique Moleculaire, Orleans CX 2, France

    Bernard Barbier

  • Université Clermont-Ferrand II Lab. Magmas et Volcans, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Hervé Martin

  • Universite Libre Bruxelles Lab. Chimie Organique, Bruxelles, Belgium

    Jacques Reisse

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lectures in Astrobiology

  • Book Subtitle: Vol I : Part 2: From Prebiotic Chemistry to the Origin of Life on Earth

  • Editors: Bernard Barbier, Hervé Martin, Jacques Reisse

  • Series Title: Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-29004-9Published: 13 January 2006

  • Series ISSN: 1610-8957

  • Series E-ISSN: 1613-1851

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 384

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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