Very Short Introductions Ser.: Astrobiology: a Very Short Introduction by David C. Catling (2014, Trade Paperback)

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

0199586454

9780199586455

159962953

Astrobiology: a Very Short Introduction

David C. Catling

Trade Paperback

English

Life Sciences / Biology, Astronomy

2014

Science

144 Pages

6.7in

0.4in

4.3in

3.5 Oz

Qh326

"...presents a well-informed and evenly balanced approach throughout..." -- CHOICE Magazine "His writing is clear, compact, and elegant...It is a book to be savored, not skimmed." -- David Morrison of SETI Institute, National Center for Science Education, "...presents a well-informed and evenly balanced approach throughout..." -- CHOICE Magazine"His writing is clear, compact, and elegant...It is a book to be savored, not skimmed." -- David Morrison of SETI Institute, National Center for Science Education

1. What is astrobiology?2. From stardust to planets, the abodes for life3. Origins4. From slime to sublime5. Life: a genome's way of making more and fitter genomes6. Life in the solar system7. Far-off worlds, distant suns8. Controversies and prospects

2013

576.839

Trade

Very Short Introductions Ser.

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