Organic matter in the universe
By: Sun Kwok
Publisher: Wiley-VCH; Wiley, distributor]
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Weinheim
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9783527409860; 9783527637034; 9783527637058; 9783527411191; 9783527637065
Subjects: Astronomical spectroscopy; Cosmochemistry; Interstellar matter; Organic compounds; Spectrum analysis; Synthesis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-243) and index.
Table of contents: title: History and introduction; title: The chemistry of organic matter; title: Interstellar molecules; title: Organic molecules in the interstellar medium; title: Organic compounds in galaxies; title: Synthesis of organic compounds in the late stages of stellar evolution; title: Organic compounds in the Solar System; title: Organic compounds as carriers of unsolved astronomical phenomena; title: Chemical structures of organic matter in space; title: Laboatory simulations of molecular synthesis; title: Origin of life on earth; title: Lessons from the past and outlook for the future; title: Appendix A: Glossary; title: Appendix B: Astronomical infrared and submillimeter spectroscopic observational facilities; title: Appendix C: Unit conversions.