Astrobiology
Subtitle: a very short introduction
By: David C. Catling
Edition: First edition.
Series: Very short introduction -- 370; Very short introductions -- 370.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9780199586455
Subjects: Exobiology; Popular works
Description: "Astrobiology is an exciting new subject, and one, arguably, more interdisciplinary than any other. Astrobiologists seek to understand the origin and evolution of life on Earth in order to illuminate and guide the search for life on other planets. In this Very Short Introduction, David C. Catling introduces the subject through our understanding of the factors that allowed life to arise and persist on our own planet, and for the signs we are looking for in the search for extraterrestrial life." -- Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-133) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is astrobiology?; title: From stardust to planets, the abodes for life; title: Origins of life and environment; title: From slime to the sublime; title: Life : a genome's way of making more and fitter genomes; title: Life in the solar system; title: Far-off worlds, distant suns; title: Controversies and prospects.