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E-book: Encyclopedia of Astrobiology

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  • Pub. Date: 15-Oct-2015
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
  • Language: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9783662441855
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  • Format: EPUB+DRM
  • Pub. Date: 15-Oct-2015
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
  • Language: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9783662441855
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The interdisciplinary field of Astrobiology constitutes a joint arena where provocative discoveries are coalescing concerning, e.g. the prevalence of exoplanets, the diversity and hardiness of life, and its increasingly likely chances for its emergence. Biologists, astrophysicists, biochemists, geoscientists and space scientists share this exciting mission of revealing the origin and commonality of life in the Universe. The members of the different disciplines are used to their own terminology and technical language. In the interdisciplinary environment many terms either have redundant meanings or are completely unfamiliar to members of other disciplines.

The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology serves as the key to a common understanding. Each new or experienced researcher and graduate student in adjacent fields of astrobiology will appreciate this reference work in the quest to understand the big picture. The carefully selected group of active researchers contributing to this work and the expert field editors intend for their contributions, from an internationally comprehensive perspective, to accelerate the interdisciplinary advance of astrobiology.

This new edition offers ~300 new entries. Many entries were expanded or supplemented by figures supporting the understanding of the text. Especially in the field of astrochemistry there is a huge body of new results that have been taken into account in this new edition. The synonyms and keywords have been carefully revis

ited. Many were added, redundant ones deleted.

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Encyclopedia of Astrobiology has a good number of visual aids included. These can range from chemical equations to coloured and black-and-white figures, pictures, tables and graphs. Overall, the balance of text to images emphasizes text, but the variety and number of visual aids is quite good and better than many subject encyclopedias. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology is an incredible scholarly achievement. (Kevin McDonough, Reference Reviews, Vol. 31 (1), 2017)

Astrophysics.- Astrochemistry.- Planetology.- Space Science.- Space Missions and Planetary Protection.- Geology.- Geochemisty.- Geomicrobiology.- Traces of Life.- Chemistry.- Biochemistry.- Biology.- Microbiology.- Origins of Life.- Artificial Life.- Epistemology.
The Editor in Chief, Muriel Gargaud, is an enthusiastic and experienced editor who has proven in various projects that she can manage a large number of editors and authors and deliver an excellent publication.

William Irvine was President of the Commission on Bioastronomy of the International Astronomical Union. His research activity is concentrated in two areas: the chemistry of dense interstellar clouds; and the physics and chemistry of comets. He collaborated with various NASA astrobiology working groups and is author of more than 200 scientific articles.
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