Overview
- Summarizes current knowledge of water in the Universe and discusses its importance for life
- Discusses water under chemical biological and physical aspects
- With a brief overview of the role of water in human history
- Easy to read presentation with many illustrative figures
- Astrophysical background knowledge presented in an appendix
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 368)
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Table of contents(9 chapters)
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Authors and Affiliations
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Institut für Geophysik, Astrophysik und Meteorologie, Universität Graz, Graz, Austria
Arnold Hanslmeier
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Water in the Universe
Authors: Arnold Hanslmeier
Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9984-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-9983-9Published: 30 September 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3356-5Published: 06 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-9984-6Published: 29 September 2010
Series ISSN: 0067-0057
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 242
Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Water, general, Astrobiology
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