Encyclopedia of Astrobiology

Muriel Gargaud, William M. Irvine, Ricardo Amils, Henderson James Cleaves II, Daniele Pinti, José Cernicharo Quintanilla, Daniel Rouan, Tilman Spohn, Stéphane Tirard, Michel Viso (Herausgeber)

Media-Kombination

XLV, 2737 Seiten | Ausstattung: Hardcover

2015 | 2nd ed. 2015
Springer Berlin
978-3-662-44184-8 (ISBN)

Infos

The interdisciplinary field of Astrobiology constitutes a joint arena where provocative discoveries are coalescing concerning, e.g. the prevalence of exoplanets, the diversity and hardiness of life, and its increasingly likely chances for its emergence. Biologists, astrophysicists, biochemists, geoscientists and space scientists share this exciting mission of revealing the origin and commonality of life in the Universe. The members of the different disciplines are used to their own terminology and technical language. In the interdisciplinary environment many terms either have redundant meanings or are completely unfamiliar to members of other disciplines.The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology serves as the key to a common understanding. Each new or experienced researcher and graduate student in adjacent fields of astrobiology will appreciate this reference work in the quest to understand the big picture. The carefully selected group of active researchers contributing to this work and the expert field editors intend for their contributions, from an internationally comprehensive perspective, to accelerate the interdisciplinary advance of astrobiology.This new edition offers ~300 new entries. Many entries were expanded or supplemented by figures supporting the understanding of the text. Especially in the field of astrochemistry there is a huge body of new results that have been taken into account in this new edition. The synonyms and keywords have been carefully revisited. Many were added, redundant ones deleted.

Autor

The Editor in Chief, Muriel Gargaud, is an enthusiastic and experienced editor who has proven in various projects that she can manage a large number of editors and authors and deliver an excellent publication.William Irvine was President of the Commission on Bioastronomy of the International Astronomical Union. His research activity is concentrated in two areas: the chemistry of dense interstellar clouds; and the physics and chemistry of comets. He collaborated with various NASA astrobiology working groups and is author of more than 200 scientific articles.

Inhalt

Astrophysics.- Astrochemistry.- Planetology.- Space Science.- Space Missions and Planetary Protection.- Geology.- Geochemisty.- Geomicrobiology.- Traces of Life.- Chemistry.- Biochemistry.- Biology.- Microbiology.- Origins of Life.- Artificial Life.- Epistemology.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.9.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Encyclopedia of Astrobiology
• Zusatzinfo: XLV, 2737 p. 703 illus., 484 illus. in color. In 3 volumes, not available separately.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 178 x 254 mm
• Gewicht: 7023 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Schlagworte: Astrobiologie; Lexikon/Nachschlagewerk • Astrobiology • Astrobiology reference work • Astrochemistry Encyclopedia • Astrophysics and Astroparticles • Astrophysics Encyclopedia • Biochemistry Encyclopedia • Biochemistry, general • Biogeosciences • bioorganic chemistry • Epistemology of Astrobiology • Extraterrestrial Life Encyclopedia • Extremophiles Encyclopedia • Geoscience Encyclopedia • Habitability and Habitable Zones • Interdisciplinary terms of astrobiology • Key literature of astrobiology • Life in the Universe Encyclopedia • Life Science Encyclopedia • Microbiology Encyclopedia • Origins of Life Encyclopedia • Physics and Astronomy • Planetary Sciences Encyclopedia • planetology • Space Science Encyclopedia • Terminology of astrobiology • Thesaurus of Astrobiology • Traces of Life Encyclopedia
• ISBN-10: 3-662-44184-5 / 3662441845
• ISBN-13: 978-3-662-44184-8 / 9783662441848
• Zustand: Neuware