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Life in space = astrobiology for nonscientists /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Life in space/ by Amri Wandel, Joseph Gale.
Reminder of title:	astrobiology for nonscientists /
Author:	Wandel, Amri.
other author:	Gale, Joseph.
Published:	Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland : : 2025.,
Description:	xvii, 376 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Exobiology. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64639-3
ISBN:	9783031646393

Life in space = astrobiology for nonscientists /
Wandel, Amri.

Life in spaceastrobiology for nonscientists /[electronic resource] :by Amri Wandel, Joseph Gale. - Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2025. - xvii, 376 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm.

1. What is Astrobiology? -- 2. Do we know what we are looking for? Can we define life? Why water? -- 3. The cosmic zoo: from our Solar System to distant galaxies -- 4. A short history of Astrobiology: from the Persians and Epicureans to discovering exoplanets and the Kepler space telescope -- 5. The tools of science: measurement, questions and hypotheses. Statistics, good and evil. How science differs from journal reports -- 6. A few units necessary for Astrobiology -- 7. The Habitable Zone of our solar system and of other star systems -- 8. Our star - the Sun -- 9. Is Earth special? 10. The evolution of life on Earth, from prokaryotes to Homo sapiens, and its effects on Earth -- 11. The role of an atmosphere: climate and habitability -- 12. The potential for life on the terrestrial planets: Mercury, Venus and Mars -- 13. The potential for life on the outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, and their moons: Europa, Enceladus and Titan -- 14. The small bodies in the Solar System: carbonaceous meteorites, asteroids and comets, and their possible impact on life -- 15. The quest for exoplanets: detecting planetary systems around other stars -- 16. Biosignatures -- 17. How different could alien life be? -- 18. Stellar types and their habitable zones -- 19. The structure of our galaxy, the Milky Way and other galaxies: is there a galactic habitable zone? -- 20. Cosmology and life: "long long ago, in a galaxy far far away" - from the Big Bang to the anthropic principle -- 21. The chances of finding extraterrestrial Complex and Intelligent life: SETI. The Drake equation and interstellar communication -- 22. Can we reach the stars? Space flight and advanced propulsion techniques -- 23. The Fermi paradox: where are all the aliens? -- Glossary -- Index.

Over the last two decades alone, new technology and space missions have profoundly changed our understanding of prospective extraterrestrial life in the universe. The resulting field of astrobiology has become a highly eclectic and interdisciplinary pursuit, encompassing many of the natural sciences and holding ramifications for nearly all other areas of study. Co-written by an astrophysicist and a biologist, this introductory undergraduate textbook presents an overview of astrobiology for students from all backgrounds. Addressed in its chapters are the recent detection of potentially habitable planets and the prospects for detecting biosignatures and life; the celestial and geological factors that enabled the appearance and evolution of life on Earth; and other factors that continue to affect life up to the present, such as climate change. Based on over twenty years of university coursework, and in particular the authors' own interdisciplinary astrobiology curriculum, the text is accessible not just for the budding science major, but for any undergraduate student or lay reader excited by the prospect of life in the universe.

ISBN: 9783031646393

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-64639-3doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

676089
Exobiology.

LC Class. No.: QH326

Dewey Class. No.: 576.839

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