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Bioastronomy — The Next Steps

Proceedings of the 99th Colloquium of the International Astronomical Union held in Balaton, Hungary, June 22-27, 1987

  • George Marx
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Part of the Astrophysics and Space Science Library book series (ASSL, volume 144)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xx
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  2. Astrophysical Clues to the Habitability

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. What should We Look for When We Return to Mars?
      G. A. Soffen
      Pages 3-13
    3. Water: An Absolute Requirement for Life
      A. Katsuki
      Pages 15-19
    4. Europa: The Prospects for an Ocean
      R. T. Reynolds, C. P. McKay, J. F. Kasting, S. W. Squires
      Pages 21-28
    5. Is Uranus the Most Promising Planet for SETI?
      N. G. Bochkarev
      Pages 29-30
    6. What Do We Know About the Nucleus of Comet Halley?
      K. Szegö
      Pages 31-37
    7. Comets and Life
      A. Hajduk
      Pages 39-40
    8. Distribution Of Planetary Systems
      T. V. Ruzmaikina
      Pages 41-47
    9. Belt Of Life in the Galaxy
      L. S. Marochnik, L. M. Mukhin
      Pages 49-59
    10. The Galactic Belt of Intelligent Life
      B. Balázs
      Pages 61-66
    11. Landscapes on an Imaginary Planet
      B. B. Mandelbrot
      Pages 67-76

  3. Search for Extrasolar Planets

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 77-77
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    2. Planetary Detection Techniques: An Overview
      J. D. Scargle
      Pages 79-82
    3. A Search for Planetary Mass Companions to Nearby Stars
      B. Campbell, G. A. H. Walker, S. Yang
      Pages 83-90
    4. A Radial Velocity Search for Extrasolar Planets
      R. S. McMillan, P. H. Smith
      Pages 91-92
    5. Iras Statistics on Main Sequence Stellar IR Excesses and Models of Circumstellar Particle Clouds
      D. E. Backman, F. C. Gillett
      Pages 93-99
    6. Progress in Determining the Space Orientation of Stars
      L. R. Doyle
      Pages 101-105
    7. A Photometric Approach to Detecting Earth-Sized Planets
      W. J. Borucki, L. E. Allen, W. S. Taylor, A. T. Young, A. R. Schaefer
      Pages 107-116
    8. Systematic Aspects of Direct Extrasolar Planet Detection
      Robert A. Brown
      Pages 117-123
    9. Direct Imaging of Extra-Solar Planetary Systems with a Low-Scattered Light Telescope
      R. J. Terrile
      Pages 125-130
    10. Discovery and Study of Planetary Systems Using Astrometry from Space
      E. H. Levy, R. S. McMillan, G. D. Gatewood, J. W. Stein, M. W. Castelaz, A. Buffington et al.
      Pages 131-136

  4. Search for Primitive Life

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 137-137
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    2. Optical Interferometry and the Detection of Evidence of Life
      B. F. Burke
      Pages 139-152
    3. Searching for Extrasolar Life with Space Telescopes
      J. R. P. Angel
      Pages 153-157

  5. Alternate Biologies? Alternate Pathways?

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 159-159
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    2. Constraints Imposed by Cosmic Evolution Towards the Development of Life
      J. Oró
      Pages 161-165
    3. Cosmic Metabolism: The Origin of Macromolecules
      C. N. Matthews
      Pages 167-178
    4. Exotic Chemical Life
      Ronald D. Brown
      Pages 179-185
    5. A Sceptic’S View
      R. Shapiro
      Pages 187-194
    6. Hydrothermal Energy Flow of Planetary Bodies and the Creation of Living Systems
      J. B. Corliss
      Pages 195-200
    7. Survival Strategies for Life in High UV, Very Low Density Environment
      G. Horneck
      Pages 201-205
    8. Anticrick: The Nothing is not Regulable
      T. Gánti
      Pages 207-211
    9. The Right-Left Asymmetry in Biology
      Ya. B. Zel’dovich
      Pages 213-221
    10. Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich (1914–1987)
      George Marx
      Pages 222-222
    11. Chemical Production of Optically Pure Systems
      G. Spach, A. Brack
      Pages 223-231

  6. Is Intelligence an Inevitable Evolutionary Trait?

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 233-233
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    2. The Interferometer Paradigm for Mammalian Binaural Hearing
      N. Cohen
      Pages 235-235
    3. Fast Tracks to Intelligence (Considerations from Neurobiology and Evolutionary Biology)
      W. H. Calvin
      Pages 237-245
    4. Form and Function in Neurobiology
      S. Firestein
      Pages 247-252
    5. Can we Communicate with Other Species on this Planet?
      D. Reiss
      Pages 253-264
    6. SETI and the Physical Scientists Misconstrual of Evolutionary Biology
      E. J. Coffey
      Pages 265-265
    7. Can We Communicate with Aliens?
      V. Csányi, Gy. Kampis
      Pages 267-272
    8. CETI: Historical Retrospective of Interaction of Cultures
      I. S. Licevitch
      Pages 273-277
    9. Some Biological Implications on Drake’s Formula
      Mircea Pfleiderer
      Pages 279-280
    10. Regional Jurisdiction in Our Galaxy (A Possible Explanation for the Absence of Extraterrestrial Signals)
      M. D. Papagiannis
      Pages 281-285
    11. One More Solution to the Fermi Paradox
      M. Subotowicz
      Pages 287-288
    12. The Evolution of Technological Civilizations within the Limits of Their Own Solar Systems
      M. D. Papagiannis
      Pages 289-290
    13. The Galactic Center: A Nice Place to Visit — But You Wouldn’t Want to Live There
      Antony A. Stark
      Pages 291-293
    14. Supercivilizations as Possible Products of the Progressive Evolution of Matter
      N. S. Kardashev, V. S. Strelnitskij
      Pages 295-302

About these proceedings

Keywords

Astrometry astronomy galaxy optical interferometry stars

Editors and affiliations

  • George Marx
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Atomic PhysicsEötvös UniversityBudapestHungary

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2959-3
  • Copyright Information Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 1988
  • Publisher Name Springer, Dordrecht
  • eBook Packages Springer Book Archive
  • Print ISBN 978-94-010-7830-6
  • Online ISBN 978-94-009-2959-3
  • Series Print ISSN 0067-0057
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