Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 645 g
From Interstellar Matter to the Origin of Life
Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 645 g
ISBN: 978-3-527-32689-1
Verlag: Wiley VCH Verlag GmbH
A unique and extraordinary perspective written with chemists in mind. An excellent practical book for inorganic, and physical chemists, spectroscopists, astronomers, and libraries.
From the contents:
* Introduction and technical notes
* Origin and development of the universe
* Stars
* The interstellar medium
* The solar system
* Exoplanets
* The origin of life
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Exobiologie, Astrobiologie
- Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Exobiologie, Astrobiologie, Xenobiologie
- Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie
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Preface
INTRODUCTION AND TECHNICAL NOTES
ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSE
The Big Bang
Cosmic Evolution: Dark Matter; The First Stars
Cosmo-Chronometry
THE EVOLUTION OF STARS
Formation, Classification, and Evolution of Stars
Chemistry in AGB Stars
Galaxies and Clusters
THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM
General
Chemistry in Interstellar Clouds
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Overview
Earth's Moon and the Terrestrial Planets: Mercury, Venus, and Mars
Ceres, Asteroids, Meteorites, and Interplanetary Dust
Comets
Kuiper Belt Objects
The Giant Planets and Their Moons
EXOPLANETS
THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
What is Life?
Putative Non-Carbon and Non-Aqueous Life Forms; The Biological Role of Silicate, Phosphate, and Water
Life Under Extreme Conditions
Scenarios for the Primordial Supply of Basic Life Molecules
Extraterrestrial Life?