Extrasolar planets and astrobiology /
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| Language: | English |
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Sausalito, Calif. :
University Science Books,
[2009]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction, background, and preview
- Proto-stellar collapse and star formation
- Planet formation
- Extrasolar planets
- Life : a brief history, and its boundaries
- Planetary radiation, comparative planetology, biosignatures, and Daisyworld
- Cosmochemistry, dust, and prebiotic molecules
- Comets, meteorites, and proto-planetary disk structure
- Habitable zones
- Alternate habitable zones and beyond.