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Lectures in Astrobiology

Volume I

  • Editors
  • Muriel Gargaud
  • Bernard Barbier
  • Hervé Martin
  • Jacques Reisse
Textbook

Part of the Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics book series (ASTROBIO)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
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  2. From the Origin of Life on Earth to Life in the Universe
    André Brack
    Pages 3-23
  3. The Formation of Solar-type Stars: Boundary Conditions for the Origin of Life?
    Thierry Montmerle
    Pages 29-59
  4. Chronology of Solar System Formation
    Jean-Marc Petit, Alessandro Morbidelli
    Pages 61-82
  5. The Origin and Evolution of the Oceans
    Daniele L. Pinti
    Pages 83-112
  6. Genesis and Evolution of the Primitive Earth Continental Crust
    Hervé Martin
    Pages 113-163
  7. Thermal Evolution of the Earth During the First Billion Years
    Christophe Sotin
    Pages 165-193
  8. The Geological Context for the Origin of Life and the Mineral Signatures of Fossil Life
    Frances Westall
    Pages 195-226
  9. Lake Vostok, Antarctica: Exploring a Subglacial Lake and Searching for Life in an Extreme Environment
    Jean Robert Petit, Irina Alekhina, Sergey Bulat
    Pages 227-288
  10. Comets: Potential Sources of Prebiotic Molecules for the Early Earth
    Didier Despois, Hervé Cottin
    Pages 289-352
  11. Comparative Planetology, Mars and Exobiology
    Jean-Pierre Bibring
    Pages 353-383
  12. Spectroscopic Signatures of Life on Exoplanets – The Darwin and TPF Missions
    Franck Selsis, Alain Léger, Marc Ollivier
    Pages 385-423
  13. A Rational Approach to the Origin of Life: From Amphiphilic Molecules to Protocells. Some Plausible Solutions, and Some Real Problems
    Guy Ourisson, Yoichi Nakatani
    Pages 429-448
  14. Prebiotic Chemistry: Laboratory Experiments and Planetary Observation
    François Raulin, Patrice Coll, Rafael Navarro-González
    Pages 449-471
  15. Chirality and the Origin of Homochirality
    John Cronin, Jacques Reisse
    Pages 473-515
  16. Peptide Emergence, Evolution and Selection on the Primitive Earth
    Auguste Commeyras, Laurent Boiteau, Odile Vandenabeele-Trambouze, Franck Selsis
    Pages 517-545
  17. Peptide Emergence, Evolution and Selection on the Primitive Earth
    Auguste Commeyras, Laurent Boiteau, Odile Vandenabeele-Trambouze, Franck Selsis
    Pages 547-569
  18. The RNA World: Hypotheses, Facts and Experimental Results
    Marie-Christine Maurel, Anne-Lise Haenni
    Pages 571-594
  19. Looking for the Most ‘Primitive’ Life Forms: Pitfalls and Progresses
    Simonetta Gribaldo, Patrick Forterre
    Pages 595-615
  20. The Universal Tree of Life: From Simple to Complex or From Complex to Simple
    Henner Brinkmann, Hervé Philippe
    Pages 617-655
  21. Extremophiles
    Purificación López-García
    Pages 657-679
  22. Erratum
    Muriel Gargaud, Bernard Barbier, Hervé Martin, Jacques Reisse
    Pages 680-682
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  23. Back Matter
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About this book

Introduction

This book is the first comprehensive textbook at the graduate level encompassing all aspects associated with the emerging field of astrobiology. Volume I gathers a fist set of extensive lectures that cover a broad range of topics, from the formation of solar system to the quest for the most primitive life forms that emerged on the early Earth.

Keywords

Habitat astrobiology bioastronomy exobiology origin of life solar system

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/b10889
  • Copyright Information Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005
  • Publisher Name Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
  • eBook Packages Earth and Environmental Science
  • Print ISBN 978-3-540-22315-3
  • Online ISBN 978-3-540-26229-9
  • Series Print ISSN 1610-8957
  • Series Online ISSN 1613-1851
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