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The Science of Astrobiology (Record no. 18677)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789400716278
978-94-007-1627-8
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QH327-328
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 576.839
Edition number 23
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-- Dordrecht :
-- Springer Netherlands,
-- 2011.
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Personal name Chela-Flores, Julian.
Relator term author.
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Title The Science of Astrobiology
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title A Personal View on Learning to Read the Book of Life /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Julian Chela-Flores.
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Extent XXIV, 340 p.
Other physical details online resource.
440 1# - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE
Title Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology,
International Standard Serial Number 1566-0400 ;
Volume number/sequential designation 20
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Recommendations to the readers Introduction: The cultural and scientific context of astrobiology -- The Book of life -- Part 1: The Origin of Life in the Universe -- Part 2: The Evolution of Life in the Universe -- Part 3: The Distribution of Life in the Universe -- Part 4: The Destiny of Life in the Universe Epilogue: Learning to read the Book of Life: An interdisciplinary process; Acronyms and abbreviations -- Illustrated glossary; General index -- Index of illustrations -- Index of Tables -- Alphabetical index -- About the author -- Books by the author.
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Summary, etc Since the publication of The New Science of Astrobiology in the year 2001—the first edition of the present book—two significant events have taken place raising the subject from the beginning of the century to its present maturity. Firstly, in 2001 the Galileo Mission still had two years to complete its task, which turned out to be an outstanding survey of the Jovian system, especially of its intriguing satellite Europa. Secondly, the Cassini Huygens Mission was on its way to Saturn. Its present success has surpassed all the expectations of ESA and NASA. Cassini had been launched four years earlier and Huygens was to land on Titan three years after the publication of the first edition. Besides, astrobiologists had no idea that another satellite of Saturn, Enceladus, was going to force a tantalizing lure on the scientific community with its startling jets of water exuding an air of mystery, hinting at a submerged inhabitable ocean of salty water. Before the date of publication of The New Science of Astrobiology there was not an awareness of the Earth-like features of Titan. Besides, we still had to learn that Titan was the fifth body of the Solar System that possibly contained a water ocean, thus joining our planet and the three Galilean satellites other than Io.           As a multidisciplinary subject, astrobiology sometimes regretfully neglects to some extent the life sciences. There are many other aspects of our culture to keep in mind: chemical evolution, the earth sciences, the physical sciences, cutting-edge technology and the humanities that lie at its frontiers. The emphasis on our previous book made a modest attempt to set the scientific subject squarely amongst other sectors of culture. These boundaries are philosophy and theology, branches of the humanities asking similar questions to the basic issues that are astrobiology's main domain (the origin, evolution, distribution and destiny of life in the universe). The present volume brings these issues up to date.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Philosophy of nature.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Life sciences.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Evolution (Biology).
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astronomy.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astrophysics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astrobiology.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Physics.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astrobiology.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Evolutionary Biology.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Biogeosciences.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Philosophy of Nature.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element SpringerLink (Online service)
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9789400716261
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1627-8
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Source of classification or shelving scheme
Item type E-Book
Copies
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2014-04-08AUM Main Library2014-04-08 2014-04-08 E-Book   AUM Main Library576.839
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