Handbook of astrobiology

Description

Content: Section I. Astrobiology : definition, scope, and education -- Section II. Definition and nature of life -- Section III. Origin of life : history, philosophical aspects, and major developments -- Section IV. Chemical origins of life : chemicals in the universe and their delivery on the early earth geology and atmosphere on the early earth -- Section V. Chemical origin of life : prebiotic chemistry -- Section VI. RNA and RNA world : complexity of life's origins -- Section VII. Origin of life : early compartmentalization--coacervates and protocells -- Section VIII. Origin of life and its diversification. Universal tree of life. Early primitive life on earth. Fossils of ancient microorganisms. Biomarkers and detection of life -- Section IX. Life under extreme conditions--microbes in space -- Section X. Habitability : characteristics of habitable planets -- Section XI. Intelligent life in space : history, philosophy, and SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) -- Section XII. Exoplanets, exploration of solar system, the search for extraterrestrial life in our solar system, and planetary protection.