Astrophysics of life
Subtitle: proceedings of the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium held in Baltimore, Maryland, May 6-9, 2002
By: edited by Mario Livio, I. Neill Reid, and William B. Sparks.
Contributors: Livio, Mario, 1945-; Reid, I. Neill, 1957-; Sparks, W. B.
Series: Space Telescope Science Institute symposium series ;; 16
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: Life on other planets -- Congresses; Exobiology -- Congresses; Life -- Origin
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "This book covers a range of topics relevant to the search for life in the Universe, including cosmology and its implications for the emergence of life, the habitable zone in the Milky Way Galaxy, the formation of stars and planets, the study of interstellar and interplanetary matter, searches for extrasolar, planets, the synthesis of organic material in space, and spectroscopic signature that could be used to detect life. This is an invaluable resource for both professional researchers and graduate students."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.