Название: Encyclopedia of Astrobiology Автор: Ricardo Amils, José Cernicharo Quintanilla, Henderson James Cleaves and William M. Irvine Год: 2011 Издательство: Springer Размер: 46 Mb Формат: PDF ISBN: 3642112714 Страниц: 1895 Язык: Английский 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
