Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction 9780199586455, 0199586454

Astrobiology is the study of the origin and development of life on this and other planets. What fascinates people about

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Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction
9780199586455, 0199586454

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Table of contents :
1. What is astrobiology?
2. From stardust to planets, the abodes for life
3. Origins
4. From slime to sublime
5. Life: a genome's way of making more and fitter genomes
6. Life in the solar system
7. Far-off worlds, distant suns
8. Controversies and prospects

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