"This text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students takes a quantitative approach to understanding the processes that shape the origins and distribution of life in the Universe. It synthesises developments in fields spanning astronomy and physics to microbiology, biochemistry and geology to forge a state-of-the-art summary of astrobiology"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I. Astronomical Origins; 1. The foundations of astrobiology; 2. From the Big Bang to molecules; 3. Planet formation and migration; Part II. Earth; 4. Conditions on early Earth; 5. Origin(s) of life on Earth; 6. Co-evolution of life and environment on Earth; Part III. Habitability; 7. Instantaneous habitability; 8. Continuous habitability; Part IV. Astrobiological Targets; 9. Mars; 10. Icy worlds; 11. 'Exotic' life; 12. Detecting and characterising exoplanets; Part V. Detecting Life; 13. Biosignatures; 14. Technosignatures; Part VI. Futures; 15. The future of humankind; References; Author index; Subject index.
