Produktbild: Life in the Universe, 5th Edition

Life in the Universe, 5th Edition

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Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

23.08.2022

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393 color illus. 21 tables

Verlag

Princeton University Press

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544

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27,3/21,4/2 cm

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1116 g

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5. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-691-24178-4

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Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

23.08.2022

Abbildungen

393 color illus. 21 tables

Verlag

Princeton University Press

Seitenzahl

544

Maße (L/B/H)

27,3/21,4/2 cm

Gewicht

1116 g

Auflage

5. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-691-24178-4

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  • Produktbild: Life in the Universe, 5th Edition
      • Preface
      • About the Authors
      • How to Succeed in Your Astrobiology Course
      • PART I Introducing Life in the Universe
        • 1 A Universe of Life?
          • 1.1 The Possibility of Life Beyond Earth
          • 1.2 The Scientific Context of the Search
          • 1.3 Places to Search
          • 1.4 The Science of Astrobiology
          • Exercises and Problems
          • MOVIE MADNESS Cinema Aliens
          • 2 The Science of Life in the Universe
            • 2.1 The Ancient Debate About Life Beyond Earth
            • 2.2 The Copernican Revolution
            • 2.3 The Nature of Modern Science
            • 2.4 THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE IN ACTION The Fact and Theory of Gravity
            • Exercises and Problems
            • DO THE MATH 2.1 Kepler’s Third Law
            • SPECIAL TOPIC 2.1: Geocentrism and the Church
            • MOVIE MADNESS Gravity
            • 3 The Universal Context of Life
              • 3.1 The Universe and Life
              • 3.2 The Structure, Scale, and History of the Universe
              • 3.3 A Universe of Matter and Energy
              • 3.4 Our Solar System
              • 3.5 THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE IN ACTION Ongoing Development of the Nebular Theory
              • Exercises and Problems
              • KEY ASTRONOMICAL DEFINITIONS
              • DO THE MATH 3.1 How Far Is a Light-Year?
              • SPECIAL TOPIC 3.1 How Do We Know That the Universe Is Expanding?
              • MOVIE MADNESS Interstellar
              • PART II Life on Earth
                • 4 The Habitability of Earth
                  • 4.1 Geology and Life
                  • 4.2 Reconstructing the History of Earth and Life
                  • 4.3 The Hadean Earth and the Dawn of Life
                  • 4.4 Geology and Habitability
                  • 4.5 Climate Regulation and Change
                  • 4.6 THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE IN ACTION Formation of the Moon
                  • Exercises and Problems
                  • DO THE MATH 4.1 Radiometric Dating
                  • KEY GEOLOGICAL DEFINITIONS
                  • MOVIE MADNESS Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
                  • 5 The Nature of Life on Earth
                    • 5.1 Defining Life
                    • 5.2 Cells: The Basic Units of Life
                    • 5.3 Metabolism: The Chemistry of Life
                    • 5.4 DNA and Heredity
                    • 5.5 Life at the Extreme
                    • 5.6 THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE IN ACTION Evolution as Science
                    • Exercises and Problems
                    • KEY GEOLOGICAL DEFINITIONS
                    • SPECIAL TOPIC 5.1 Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution
                    • DO THE MATH 5.1 The Dominant Form of Life on Earth
                    • MOVIE MADNESS War of the Worlds
                    • 6 The Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth
                      • 6.1 Searching for Life’s Origins
                      • 6.2 The Origin of Life
                      • 6.3 The Evolution of Life
                      • 6.4 Impacts and Extinctions
                      • 6.5 Human Evolution
                      • 6.6 THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE IN ACTION Artificial Life
                      • Exercises and Problems
                      • DO THE MATH 6.1 Bacteria in a Bottle I: Lessons for Early Life
                      • MOVIE MADNESS Armageddon
                      • DO THE MATH 6.2 Bacteria in a Bottle II: Lessons for the Human Race
                      • PART III Life in the Solar System
                        • 7 Searching for Life in Our Solar System
                          • 7.1 Environmental Requirements for Life
                          • 7.2 A Biological Tour of the Inner Solar System
                          • 7.3 A Biological Tour of the Outer Solar System
                          • 7.4 THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE IN ACTION Spacecraft Exploration of the Solar System
                          • Exercises and Problems
                          • MOVIE MADNESS 2001: A Space Odyssey
                          • DO THE MATH 7.1 Newton’s Version of Kepler’s Third Law
                          • 8 Mars
                            • 8.1 Fantasies of Martian Civilization
                            • 8.2 A Modern Portrait of Mars
                            • 8.3 The Climate History of Mars
                            • 8.4 Searching for Life on Mars
                            • 8.5 THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE IN ACTION Martian Meteorites
                            • Exercises and Problems
                            • DO THE MATH 8.1 The Surface Area-to-Volume Ratio
                            • MOVIE MADNESS The Martian
                            • 9 Life on Jovian Moons
                              • 9.1 The Moons of the Outer Solar System
                              • 9.2 Life on Jupiter’s Galilean Moons
                              • 9.3 Life Elsewhere in the Solar System
                              • 9.4 THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE IN ACTION Chemical Energy for Life
                              • Exercises and Problems
                              • DO THE MATH 9.1 The Strength of the Tidal Force
                              • MOVIE MADNESS 2010: The Year We Make Contact
                              • 10 The Nature and Evolution of Habitability
                                • 10.1 The Concept of a Habitable Zone
                                • 10.2 Venus: An Example in Potential Habitability
                                • 10.3 Surface Habitability Factors and the Habitable Zone
                                • 10.4 The Future of Life on Earth
                                • 10.5 THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE IN ACTION Global Warming: Science, Consequences, and Solutions
                                • Exercises and Problems
                                • DO THE MATH 10.1 Chances of Being in the Zone
                                • SPECIAL TOPIC 10.1 How Long Is 5 Billion Years?
                                • MOVIE MADNESS Wall-E
                                • PART IV Life Among the Stars
                                  • 11 Exoplanets: Their Nature and Potential Habitability
                                    • 11.1 Distant Suns
                                    • 11.2 Discovering Exoplanets
                                    • 11.3 The Number and Nature of Exoplanets
                                    • 11.4 The Habitability of Exoplanets
                                    • 11.5 THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE IN ACTION Classifying Stars
                                    • Exercises and Problems
                                    • DO THE MATH 11.1 Finding Orbital Distances for Exoplanets
                                    • DO THE MATH 11.2 Finding Masses of Exoplanets
                                    • DO THE MATH 11.3 Finding Sizes of Exoplanets
                                    • SPECIAL TOPIC 11.1 The Names of Exoplanets
                                    • MOVIE MADNESS Star Wars
                                    • 12 The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
                                      • 12.1 The Drake Equation
                                      • 12.2 The Question of Intelligence
                                      • 12.3 Searching for Intelligence
                                      • 12.4 THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE IN ACTION UFOs and Aliens on Earth
                                      • Exercises and Problems
                                      • SPECIAL TOPIC 12.1 Frank Drake and His Equation
                                      • DO THE MATH 12.1 The Distance Between Signaling Societies
                                      • MOVIE MADNESS Contact
                                      • 13 Interstellar Travel and the Fermi Paradox
                                        • 13.1 The Challenge of Interstellar Travel
                                        • 13.2 Spacecraft for Interstellar Travel
                                        • 13.3 The Fermi Paradox
                                        • 13.4 THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE IN ACTION Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity
                                        • Exercises and Problems
                                        • DO THE MATH 13.1 The Rocket Equation
                                        • DO THE MATH 13.2 Time Dilation
                                        • MOVIE MADNESS Star Trek
                                        • Epilogue: Contact—Implications for the Search and Discovery
                                          • Exercises and Problems
                                          • MOVIE MADNESS E.T.
                                          • Answers to Quick Quiz Questions
                                          • Appendixes
                                            • A Useful Numbers
                                            • B Useful Formulas
                                            • C A Few Mathematical Skills
                                            • D The Periodic Table of the Elements
                                            • E The Solar System
                                            • F List of Learning Objectives
                                            • Glossary
                                            • Credits
                                            • Index