From Suns to Life: A Chronological Approach to the History of Life on Earth

This review emerged from several interdisciplinary meetings and schools gathering a group of astronomers, geologists, biologists, and chemists, attempting to share their specialized knowledge around a common question: how did life emerge on Earth? Their ultimate goal was to provide some kind of answ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Gargaud, Muriel (Editor ), Claeys, Philippe (Editor ), López-García, Purificación (Editor ), Martin, Hervé (Editor ), Montmerle, Thierry (Editor ), Pascal, Robert (Editor ), Reisse, Jacques (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edición:1st ed. 2006.
Temas:
Astronomy-Observations.
Astrobiology.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From the Arrow of Time to the Arrow of Life
  • Dating Methods and Corresponding Chronometers in Astrobiology
  • Solar System Formation and Early Evolution: the First 100 Million Years
  • Building of a Habitable Planet
  • Prebiotic Chemistry - Biochemistry - Emergence of Life (4.4-2 Ga)
  • Environmental Context
  • Ancient Fossil Record and Early Evolution (ca. 3.8 to 0.5 Ga)
  • A Synthetic Interdisciplinary "Chronological Frieze": an Attempt
  • Life On Earth... And Elsewhere?.

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