Life in the Universe
Subtitle: From the Miller Experiment to the Search for Life on Other Worlds (Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology)
Contributors: J. Seckbach (Editor); J. Chela-Flores (Editor); Tobias Owen (Editor); François Raulin (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 1899
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9781402023712
Subjects: Space science; Space travel & exploration; Origin; Earth Sciences - Geology; Astronomy - General; Science; Molecular evolution; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Evolution; Geophysics; Chemistry - Inorganic; Science / Astronomy; Physics; Biogenesis; Congresses; Life
First sentence: Fifty years ago, the Miller experiment took the search for the chemical origins of life to a new level with the laboratory synthesis of compounds required for life under conditions that resembled the early environment of the Earth.