Astrophysics of Life
Contributors: Reid, Neill; Sparks, William; Fall, Michael
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9780511080029
Subjects: Life; Life on other planets; Natural history; Science; Astronomy; Exobiology
Description: A new title in the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium series which details the astrophysical groundwork required for locating habitable places in the Universe. Written by leading scientists in the field, this is an indispensable collection of articles for research.
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Table of contents: title: Cover; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Participants; Preface; A voyage from dark clouds to the early Earth; Galactic environment of the Sun and stars: Interstellar and interplanetary material; Transits; Planet migration; Organic synthesis in space; The vegetation red edge spectroscopic feature as a surface biomarker; Search for extra-solar planets through gravitational microlensing; The Galactic Habitable Zone; Cosmology and life.