Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1475726899 ISBN 13: 9781475726893

Publisher: Springer, 2014

Synopsis

Introduction: Comets and the Origin of Life.- 1 Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life.- 2 The Origin of the Atmosphere and of the Oceans.- 3 Organic Chemistry in Comets From Remote and In Situ Observations.- 4 Polymers and Other Macromolecules in Comets.- 5 Numerical Models of Comet and Asteroid Impacts.- 6 Comets as a Source of Prebiotic Organic Molecules for the Early Earth.- 7 Impacts and the Early Evolution of Life.- 8 Cometary Impacts on the Biosphere.- 9 The Contemporary Hazard of Cometary Impacts.- 10 26Al and Liquid Water Environments in Comets.- 11 Life in Comets.- 12 Comets and Space Missions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1475726899
• ISBN 13: 9781475726893
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 314
• Editor: Thomas Paul J, Chyba Christopher F, McKay Christopher P