Title | Astrobiology [electronic resource] : From the Origins of Life to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence / edited by Akihiko Yamagishi, Takeshi Kakegawa, Tomohiro Usui |
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Imprint | Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019 |
Edition | 1st ed. 2019 |
Connect to | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3639-3 |
Descript | IX, 465 p. 138 illus., 75 illus. in color. online resource |
Part I Introduction to astrobiology -- 1. What is astrobiology -- Part II Physics and chemistry from space to life -- 2. Theory of universe and life -- 3. Complex organic molecules in Space -- 4. Chemical relationships among organics, water and minerals in the early Solar System -- 5. Prebiotic synthesis of bioorganic compounds by simulation experiments -- 6. RNA synthesis before the origin of life -- Part III History of life reveiled from bilology -- 7. RNA world -- 8. Common ancestor -- 9. Eukaryotes appearing -- 10. Collor of photosynthetic system -- 11. Evolution of photosynthetic system -- 12. History and evolution of intelligence on the Earth -- Part IV History of the Earth reveiled from geology -- 13. Origin of planets -- 14. Evolution of early atmosphere -- 15. Biogenic graphite in ancient rocks -- 16. Fossilized early cells and their implications for biotic diversity in the Archean -- 17. Great oxidation event -- 18. Mass extinction P-Tr -- 19. Mass extinction at K-Pg boundary -- Part V. Search for life in solar system and extra solar system -- 20. Limits of terrestrial life and biosphere -- 21. Mars we know of -- 22. Atmosphere of Mars -- 23. Life search on Mars -- 24. Active surface and interior of Europa as a potential deep habitat -- 25. Enceladus -- 26. Titan -- 27. Panspermia hypothesis -- 28. Extra-solar planetary systems -- 29. Life in a second earth -- 30. Search for extra−terrestrial intelligence -- 31. Possible impact if extraterrestrial life, if it were to be found