Life on Earth and other Planetary Bodies
List of Contributors.- Pathways to Life on Earth and Other Planetary Bodies.- Terestrial Halophylies, Evaporite Environments and The Search for Life on Mars.- Vescicular Basalts as a Niche for Microbial Life.- Molecules Between the Stars.- Prokaryotic Communities Below Planetary Surfaces and Their Involvement In The Nitrogen Cycle.- Life Without Water: The Sleeping Chironomid and Other Anhydrobiotic Invertebrates and their Utilization in Astrobiology.- Habitability and Cosmic Catastrophes.- Glaciopanspermia: Seeding the Terrestrial Planets with Life?.- Chemical Evolution In Primeval Seas.- Terrestiral Analogues for Early Planetary Oceans: Niuafo‘Ou Caldera Lakes (Tonga) and their Geology, Water Chemistry and Stromatolites;.- Comparison of Environment Types with Liquid Water on Mars.- Criteria of Possible Habitability of Earth-Like Exoplanets.- Origin of the Genetic Code and Abiotic Synthesis of Organic Compounds.- Dynamical Aspects for the Earth’s Habitability.- A Dynamic Scheme to Assess Habitability of Exoplanets.- The Likelihood of Halophilic Life in the Universe.- Production of Dormant Stages and Stress Resistance of Polar Cyanobacteria.- Can the Evolution of Multicellularity be Anticipated in the Exoploration of the Solar System?.- Antarctica as Model for the Possible Emergence of Life on Europa.- The Likelihood of Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life.- The Astrobiological Potential of Polar Dunes on Mars.- Life in Earth’s Lava Caves: Implications for Life Detection on Other Planets.- Life in the Saturnian Neighborhood.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.10.2012 |
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Reihe/Serie | Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology ; 24 |
Zusatzinfo | XIV, 534 p. |
Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
ISBN-10 | 94-007-4965-1 / 9400749651 |
ISBN-13 | 978-94-007-4965-8 / 9789400749658 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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