Extrasolar planets and astrobiology
By: Caleb A. Scharf.
Publisher: University Science Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sausalito, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9781891389559
Subjects: Extrasolar planets; Exobiology; Life on other planets; Space biology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction, background, and preview; title: Proto-stellar collapse and star formation; title: Planet formation; title: Extrasolar planets; title: Life; title: Planetary radiation, comparative planetology, biosignatures, and Daisyworld; title: Cosmochemistry, dust, and prebiotic molecules; title: Comets, meteorites, and proto-planetary disk structure; title: Habitable zones; title: Alternate habitable zones and beyond.