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Scharf, Caleb A., 1968-

Extrasolar planets and astrobiology / Caleb A. Scharf. - Sausalito, Calif. : University Science Books, 2009. - xvii, 470 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction, background, and preview -- Proto-stellar collapse and star formation -- Planet formation -- Extrasolar planets -- Life : a brief history, and its boundaries -- Planetary radiation, comparative planetology, biosignatures, and Daisyworld -- Cosmochemistry, dust, and prebiotic molecules -- Comets, meteorites, and proto-planetary disk structure -- Habitable zones -- Alternate habitable zones and beyond.

9781891389559 (alk. paper) 1891389556 (alk. paper)

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Extrasolar planets.
Exobiology.
Life on other planets.
Space biology.

QB820 / .S28 2008

576.8/39