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)
2008020138
Extrasolar planets.
Exobiology.
Life on other planets.
Space biology.
QB820 / .S28 2008
576.8/39
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)
2008020138
Extrasolar planets.
Exobiology.
Life on other planets.
Space biology.
QB820 / .S28 2008
576.8/39