Mario Livio / Neill Reid / William Sparks (eds.)

Astrophysics of Life

Proceedings of the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium, Held in Baltimore, Maryland May 6-9, 2002
Herausgeber: Livio, Mario; Sparks, William B; Reid, I Neill

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 2002 book covers topics relevant to the search for life in the Universe, by leading scientists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 122
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 175mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780521824903
• ISBN-10: 0521824907
• Artikelnr.: 21081759

Autorenporträt

Mario Livio is Head of the Science Division at the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD.

Inhaltsangabe

1. A voyage from dark clouds to the early Earth P. Ehrenfreund, S. B. Charnley and O. Botta
2. Galactic environment of the Sun and stars: interstellar and interplanetary material P. C. Frisch, H. R. Muller, G. P. Zank and C. Lopate
3. Transits R. L. Gilliland
4. Planet migration E. W. Thommes and J. J. Lissauer
5. Organic synthesis in space S. A. Sandford
6. The Vegetation Red Edge Spectroscopic Feature as a surface biomarker S. Seager and E. B. Ford
7. Search for extra-solar planets through gravitational microlensing K. C. Sahu
8. The galactic habitable zone G. Gonzalez
9. Cosmology and life M. Livio.