Life in Space by Wandel, Amri; Gale, Joseph;

Astrobiology for Nonscientists

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Kiadás sorszáma 2025
Kiadó Springer Nature Switzerland
Megjelenés dátuma 2025. szeptember 3.
Kötetek száma 1 pieces, Book

ISBN 9783031646386
Kötéstípus Puhakötés
Terjedelem376 oldal
Méret 235x155 mm
Nyelv angol
Illusztrációk XVII, 376 p. 189 illus., 169 illus. in color. Illustrations, black & white

Kategóriák

A biológia általános kérdései Genetika, evolúció, fejlődéstan Szerves kémia Asztrofizika Földtudományok általában Meteorológia További könyvek a földtudományok területén Csillagászat általában További könyvek a csillagászat területén

Hosszú leírás:

Over the last two decades alone, new technology and space missions have profoundly changed our understanding of prospective extraterrestrial life in the universe. The resulting field of astrobiology has become a highly eclectic and interdisciplinary pursuit, encompassing many of the natural sciences and holding ramifications for nearly all other areas of study. Co-written by an astrophysicist and a biologist, this introductory undergraduate textbook presents an overview of astrobiology for students from all backgrounds. Addressed in its chapters are the recent detection of potentially habitable planets and the prospects for detecting biosignatures and life; the celestial and geological factors that enabled the appearance and evolution of life on Earth; and other factors that continue to affect life up to the present, such as climate change. Based on over twenty years of university coursework, and in particular the authors’ own interdisciplinary astrobiology curriculum, the text is accessible not just for the budding science major, but for any undergraduate student or lay reader excited by the prospect of life in the universe.

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1. What is Astrobiology?.- 2. Do we know what we are looking for? Can we define life? Why water?.- 3. The cosmic zoo: from our Solar System to distant galaxies.- 4. A short history of Astrobiology: from the Persians and Epicureans to discovering exoplanets and the Kepler space telescope.- 5. The tools of science: measurement, questions and hypotheses. Statistics, good and evil. How science differs from journal reports.-6. A few units necessary for Astrobiology.- 7. The Habitable Zone of our solar system and of other star systems.- 8. Our star – the Sun.- 9. Is Earth special? 10. The evolution of life on Earth, from prokaryotes to Homo sapiens, and its effects on Earth.- 11. The role of an atmosphere: climate and habitability.- 12. The potential for life on the terrestrial planets: Mercury, Venus and Mars.- 13. The potential for life on the outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, and their moons: Europa, Enceladus and Titan.- 14. The small bodies in the Solar System: carbonaceous meteorites, asteroids and comets, and their possible impact on life.- 15. The quest for exoplanets: detecting planetary systems around other stars.- 16. Biosignatures.- 17. How different could alien life be?.- 18. Stellar types and their habitable zones.- 19. The structure of our galaxy, the Milky Way and other galaxies: is there a galactic habitable zone?.- 20. Cosmology and life: ""long long ago, in a galaxy far far away"" - from the Big Bang to the anthropic principle.- 21. The chances of finding extraterrestrial Complex and Intelligent life: SETI. The Drake equation and interstellar communication.- 22. Can we reach the stars? Space flight and advanced propulsion techniques.- 23. The Fermi paradox: where are all the aliens?.- Glossary.- Index.

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