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9781891389559

Extrasolar Planets and Astrobiology

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  • ISBN13:

    9781891389559

  • ISBN10:

    1891389556

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-08-30
  • Publisher: Univ Science Books

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"This book: Provides extensive grounding in key issues of astrophysics, chemistry, biology and geophysics; over 150 images and illustrations; exercises for each chapter, ranging from straightforward calculation problems to more far-ranging research-oriented exercises; an online component for users that includes new exercises and a continually updated blog of late-breaking scientific news items, fully cross referenced with the book; and extensive bibliographies for each chapter."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Caleb Scharf is currently Director of the multidisciplinary Columbia Astrobiology Center at Columbia University.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Background, and Previewp. 1
Proto-stellar Collapse and Star Formationp. 31
Planet Formationp. 77
Extrasolar Planetsp. 129
Life: a Brief History, and its Boundariesp. 195
Planetary Radiation, Comparative Planetology, Biosignatures, and Daisyworldp. 243
Cosmochemistry, Dust, and Prebiotic Moleculesp. 299
Comets, Meteorites, and Proto-planetary Disk Structurep. 333
Habitable Zonesp. 365
Alternate Habitable Zones and Beyondp. 423
Indexp. 461
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