From Stars to Life
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-41121-9 (ISBN)
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How did life originate? Is there life beyond Earth? What is the future of life on our planet? The rapidly growing multidisciplinary field of astrobiology deals with life's big questions. This text harnesses the authors' two decades' experience of teaching acclaimed courses in astrobiology, and adopts a novel quantitative approach towards this emergent discipline. It details the physical principles and chemical processes that have shaped the origins and distribution of molecules, stars, planets, and hence habitable environments, life, and intelligence in the Universe. By synthesising insights from domains as diverse as astronomy and physics to microbiology, biochemistry, and geology, the authors provide a cutting-edge summary of astrobiology, and show how answers to many fundamental questions are drawing closer than ever. Geared towards advanced undergraduates and graduate students in the physical sciences, the text contains more than 150 innovative problems designed to enhance students' knowledge and understanding.
Manasvi Lingam is Assistant Professor of Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences & Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Florida Institute of Technology (USA), with more than 100 papers spanning various physical sciences. He is the lead author of Life in the Cosmos (2021) and he is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. Amedeo Balbi is Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, where he has been teaching astrobiology for the past two decades. With an extensive publication record of more than 100 scientific papers, his research encompasses a wide array of topics in theoretical astrophysics.
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.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.12.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-41121-7 / 1009411217 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-41121-9 / 9781009411219 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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