Gargaud Muriel, Martin Hervé, Claeys Philippe (Eds.) Lectures in Astrobiology Volume II

Springer; Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed., 2007. — 669 p.
ISBN: 978-3-540-33693-8 Series: Advances in Astrobiology and BiogeophysicsBased on material delivered at several summer schools, this book is the first comprehensive textbook at the graduate level encompassing all aspects associated with the emerging field of astrobiology.Volume II gathers another set of extensive lectures covering topics so diverse as the formation and the distribution of elements in the Universe, the concept of habitability from both the planetologists' and the biologists' point of view and artificial life. The contributions are held together by the common goal to understand better the origin of life, its evolution and possible existence outside the Earth's realm.