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Planets and life /

The Earth is the only planet in the Solar System where liquid water is present on the surface, a condition that seems necessary for the development of life. Its sisters Venus and Mars are extremely different. Why did these three planets, born under fairly comparable conditions, evolve to the conditi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Encrenaz, Thérèse, 1946- (Autor), Casoli, F. (Fabienne), 1959- (Autor), Lequeux, James (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Les Ulis : EDP Sciences, [2021]
Colección:Current natural sciences.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. The Formation of Terrestrial Planets
  • Chapter 3. The Exploration of Terrestrial Planets
  • Chapter 4. Venus, Earth and Mars: A Diverging Evolution
  • Chapter 5. The Appearance of Life
  • Chapter 6. The Development of Life on Earth
  • Chapter 7. Life in the Solar System?
  • Chapter 8. How to Search for Life on Rocky Exoplanets?
  • Chapter 9. Conclusions: Some Future Directions in Exobiology
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography