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  title info:
    title: Habitability of the universe before earth
  name:
    name part: Gordon, Richard
    name part: 1943-
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Sharov, Alexei A.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: ScienceDirect (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: mau
    date issued: 2018
    edition: First edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource
  abstract: Habitability of the Universe before Earth: Astrobiology: Exploring Life on Earth and Beyond (series) examines the times and places-before life existed on Earth-that might have provided suitable environments for life to occur, addressing the question: Is life on Earth de novo, or derived from previous life? The universe changed considerably during the vast epoch between the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago and the first evidence of life on Earth 4.3 billion years ago, providing significant time and space to contemplate where, when and under what circumstances life might have arisen. No other book covers this cosmic time period from the point of view of its potential for life. The series covers a broad range of topics encompassing laboratory and field research into the origins and evolution of life on Earth, life in extreme environments and the search for habitable environments in our solar system and beyond, including exoplanets, exomoons and astronomical biosignatures.
  table of contents: Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS -- Gravity and Life / Bartolo Luque -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Gravity as Source of Complexity -- 3. Planet-Builder Force -- 4. Goldilocks Gravity -- 5. Gravitational Biology -- 6. Scalable Life? -- 7. Plurality of Earth-Like Gravities -- Acknowledgments -- Further Reading -- Radiation as a Constraint for Life in the Universe / Brian C. Thomas -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Types of Radiation -- 3. Sources of High-Energy Radiation -- 3.1. Stellar Emissions -- 3.2. Stellar Explosions -- 4.1. Direct Effects -- 4.2. Indirect Effects -- 5. Rates -- 6. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further Reading -- When and Where of Water in the History of the Universe / Othon C. Winter -- 1. Introduction. Why is Water Essential for Life? -- 2. What Is Water? -- 2.1. Chemical Properties of Water -- 2.2. Physical Properties -- 3. When Did Water Appear? -- 3.1. Primordial Nucleosynthesis -- 3.2. Energy Production in Stars -- 3.3. Stellar Nucleosynthesis -- 3.4. Water Molecule -- 4. Distribution of Water in the Universe -- 4.1. Water in Galaxies -- 4.2. Water in Stars and Interstellar Space -- 4.3. Water in Planetary Disks -- 4.4. Water in Extrasolar Planets -- 4.5. Water in the Solar System -- 5. Water and Life -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further Reading -- Cosmic Evolution of Biochemistry / Charles H. Lineweaver -- 1. Big Bang to Pale Blue Dots -- 2. First Stars: The Increasing Metallicity of POP III and POP II stars -- 3. Influence of C/O on the Rocky Planet Composition -- 4. Ubiquity of Habitable Planetary Systems -- 5. What Can Terrestrial Life Tell us About Extraterrestrial Life? -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Astrophysical and Cosmological Constraints on Life / Peter L. Biermann -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Formation of the Elements of Life -- 1.2. Protection of Life on Planets -- 1.3. Assumptions -- 2. Hazardous Radiation and Particles -- 2.1. Solar/Stellar Energetic Particles (SEPs) -- 2.2…
  table of contents: 3 LIFE IN THE COSMIC SCALE -- Life Before Earth / Richard Gordon -- 1. Increase of Genetic Complexity Follows Moore's Law -- 2. Age of Life Is Estimated Based on Moore's Law -- 3. How Variable Are the Rates of Evolution? -- 4. Why Did Genome Complexity Increase Exponentially? -- 5. Could Life Have Started From the Equivalent of One Nucleotide? -- 6. How Heritable Surface Metabolism May Have Evolved Into an RNA-World Cell? -- 7. How Can Organisms Survive Interstellar Transfer? -- 8. Implications of the Cosmic Origin of Life on Earth -- 9. Genetic Complexity Lags Behind the Functional Complexity of Mind -- 10. Extrapolating the Growth of Complexity Into the Future -- 11. Biosemiotic Perspective -- 12. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Earth Before Life / Ulvi Yurtsever -- 1. Background -- 2. Method -- 2.1. Regression Effect -- 2.2. Regression Dilution -- 2.3. Estimating Measurement Errors -- 3. Results and Discussion -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Drake Equation as a Function of Spectral Type and Time / Ravi K. Kopparapu -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Constraints From Observations -- 2.1. Rate of Star Formation -- 2.2. Fraction of Stars With Planets -- 2.3. Number of Habitable Planets Per System -- 3. Constraints From Theory -- 3.1. Fraction of Habitable Planets That Develop Life -- 3.2. Fraction of Life-Bearing Planets That Develop Intelligence -- 3.3. Fraction of Intelligence-Bearing Planets That Become Communicative -- 4. Rethinking the Longevity Parameter -- 4.1. Equal Evolutionary Time -- 4.2. Proportional Evolutionary Time -- 5. Discussion -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Are We the First: Was There Life Before Our Solar System? / Sohan Jheeta -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Big Bang and the Elements -- 3. Interstellar Medium -- Holes in the Sky -- 4. Making Organic Molecules -- Cradle for Life? -- 4.1. Astrochemistry -- 4.2. Atmospheric Boundaries -- 4.3. Clay and Mineral Surfaces -- 4.4. Atmospheric Lightning -- 5. Origin of Life per se…
  table of contents: Note continued: 2. How Would We See Ourselves if Early Origins are Identified? -- 2.1. Approaching the End of Biocentrism if Life on Earth is a Latecomer -- 2.2. Anthropocentrism -- 3. Philosophical Comments on an Early "Forest of Life" -- 3.1. Process Philosophy -- 3.2. Stellar Evolution -- 3.3. Cultural Comments on an Early Forest of Life -- 4. Terrestrial Life as a Latecomer in Cosmic Evolution -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Further Reading -- pt. 4 SYSTEM PROPERTIES OF LIFE -- Symbiosis: Why Was the Transition from Microbial Prokaryotes to Eukaryotic Organisms a Cosmic Gigayear Event? / Richard Gordon -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Eukaryogenesis as Symbiosis -- 3. Order of Events Resulting in Eukaryotes -- 4. What on Earth Happened When Prokaryotes Were Its Only Habitants? -- 5. Why Did It Take So Long for Eukaryotes to Appear on Earth? -- 5.1. Geophysiochemical Waiting -- 5.2. Biological Waiting -- 6. Semantic Approaches to Eukaryogenesis -- 7. Evolution of Prokaryotes Prior to Eukaryogenesis -- 8. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Coenzyme World Model of the Origin of Life / Alexei A. Sharov -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Problems With Existing Models of the Origin of Life -- 3. Components, Functions, and Evolution of First Living Systems -- 3.1. Life on the Surface -- 3.2. Evolutionary Potential of the Coenzyme World -- 3.3. Diversification of Molecular Communities -- 4. Evolution From Oil Droplets to LUCA -- 4.1. Template-Based Replication -- 4.2. Bilayer Membrane -- 4.3. Chromosomes -- 4.4. Protein Synthesis -- 5. Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Emergence of Polygonal Shapes in Oil Droplets and Living Cells: The Potential Role of Tensegrity in the Origin of Life / Stoyan K. Smoukov -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Shaped Droplets -- 3. Oil-Based Protocells -- 4. Polygonal Prokaryotes -- 5. Mechanisms Controlling the Shapes of Prokaryote Cells -- 6. Possible Functions of a Polygonal Shape of Cells -- 7. Polygonal Diatoms -- 8. Conclusion -- Ackno…
  note: volume editors, Richard Gordon and Alexei Sharov.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Exobiology
  subject:
    topic: Habitable planets
  subject:
    topic: Exobiologie
  subject:
    topic: Planètes habitables
  subject:
    topic: SCIENCE
    topic: Life Sciences
    topic: Biology
  subject:
    topic: SCIENCE
    topic: Life Sciences
    topic: Microbiology
  subject:
    topic: Exobiology
  subject:
    topic: Habitable planets
  classification: QH326
  classification: 579.8/39
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      publisher: Cambridge, MA : Academic Press, [2018]
      edition: First edition.
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