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Young Sun, Early Earth and the Origins of Life: Lessons for Astrobiology 2012th Edition, Kindle Edition

by Muriel Gargaud (Author), Hervé Martin (Author), Purificación López-García (Author), Format: Kindle Edition

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- How did the Sun come into existence?
- How was the Earth formed?
- How long has Earth been the way it is now, with its combination of oceans and continents?
- How do you define “life”?
- How did the first life forms emerge?
- What conditions made it possible for living things to evolve?

All these questions are answered in this colourful textbook addressing undergraduate students in "Origins of Life" courses and the scientifically interested public. The authors take the reader on an amazing voyage through time, beginning five thousand million years ago in a cloud of interstellar dust and ending five hundred million years ago, when the living world that we see today was finally formed. A chapter on exoplanets provides an overview of the search for planets outside the solar system, especially for habitable ones.
The appendix closes the book with a glossary, a bibliography of further readings and a summary of the Origins of the Earth and life in fourteen boxes.

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978-3642225529
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2012th
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Jan. 11 2013
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“This book is a great source of information that nicely links up everything that you need to know about in astrobiology, and it’s accompanied by many schematics and illustrations that help a lot in understanding the text, as well it comes with a very helpful glossary in the end of the book.” (Kadri Tinn, AstroMadness.com, February, 2014)

“The book focuses on the chronology of events that led to the appearance of life on Earth, from the formation of the solar system by inert matter 4,57 billion years (4.57 Ga) ago to the Cambrian explosion of lifeforms, 540 million years ago, when the living world that we see today was finally formed. … The colorful new. amazing textbook is intended for undergraduate students of any field of natural sciences and engineering, and for any scientifically interested reader at all.” (Claudia-Veronika Meister, zbMATH, Vol. 1279, 2014)

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- How did the Sun come into existence?
- How was the Earth formed?
- How long has Earth been the way it is now, with its combination of oceans and continents?
- How do you define "life"?
- How did the first life forms emerge?
- What conditions made it possible for living things to evolve?

All these questions are answered in this colourful textbook addressing undergraduate students in "Origins of Life" courses and the scientifically interested public. The authors take the reader on an amazing voyage through time, beginning five thousand million years ago in a cloud of interstellar dust and ending five hundred million years ago, when the living world that we see today was finally formed. A chapter on exoplanets provides an overview of the search for planets outside the solar system, especially for habitable ones.
The appendix closes the book with a glossary, a bibliography of further readings and a summary of the Origins of the Earth and life in fourteen boxes.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BLPRMU4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Springer
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ Jan. 11 2013
Edition ‏ : ‎ 2012th
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 28.3 MB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 653 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3642225529
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N. Kneale
Excellent
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2014
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This is a very informative book, easy to understand. Even though the book is paperback the quality of the pictures are brilliant.

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Christopher Clifford
Young Sun, Early Earth and the Origins of Life
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Quite simply the best single volume on the subject for undergraduates and for those interested in science. Full of photos, illustrations, and graphs, "Young Sun, Early Earth" seems to cover everything in the field. An amazing feat when one considers the subjects range from astronomy, geology, biology, chemistry, and more. Superb!

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An outstanding treatment
Reviewed in Germany on April 23, 2019
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This outstanding textbook covers astrophysics, geophysics and biochemistry in a comprehensive and fascinating way while explaining what we know - and what we don't know - about the history of the earth and the solar system. For a reader with basic knowledge in the above areas or in general science, it is easy to take on the and still provides enough depth far beyond popular books on the same subject.
For someone who appreciates facing real nature out in the fields, mountains etc. and has the minimal knowledge mentioned above it can act as a "field guide" as it provides basic information on rocks etc. at the appendix.
If I had to spend a year at a remote place and were allowed to bring only a few books with me this one would be part of my luggage.

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