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Steven E. Vigdor |
Signatures of the artist: The Vital Imperfections That Make Our Universe Habitable |
OB1455 |
2018 |
eBook |
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David A. Rothery (Ed.) |
Introduction to astrobiology |
026487 |
2018 |
Book |
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Peter Ulmschneider |
Intelligent life in the universe: Principles and Requirements Behind Its Emergence |
025269 |
2006 |
Book |
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| 4 |
Rebecca Stott |
Darwin's ghosts: In Search of the First Evolutionists |
024770 |
2012 |
Book |
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| 5 |
Chris Impey (ed.) |
Frontiers of astrobiology |
024713 |
2012 |
Book |
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| 6 |
Peter Shaver |
Cosmic heritage: Evolution from the big bang to conscious life |
024237 |
2011 |
Book |
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John D. Barrow (Ed.) |
Fitness of the cosmos for life: Biochemistry and fine - tuning |
023806 |
2008 |
Book |
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| 8 |
Muriel Gargaud (ed.) |
Origins and evolution of life: An astrobiological perspective |
023636 |
2011 |
Book |
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Stephen Hawking |
Grand design: New answers to the ultimate questions of life |
023599 |
2010 |
Book |
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Janaki Wickramasinghe |
Comets and the origin of life |
022788 |
2010 |
Book |
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| Title | Signatures of the artist: The Vital Imperfections That Make Our Universe Habitable |
| Author(s) | Steven E. Vigdor |
| Publication | Oxford University Press 2018. |
| Abstract Note | This book provides a nonmathematical survey of the past half-century of research in particle physics, nuclear physics, and cosmology bearing on the physical conditions that allow our universe to support the development of structure and the origins of life. These conditions rely on a surprising number of tiny imperfections—deviations from perfect symmetry (i.e., symmetry violations), homogeneity, or predictability—that seem mysteriously fine-tuned. The emphasis here is on the intricate tapestry of elegant experiments that have revealed and quantified these imperfections, as well as on theoretical efforts to understand how the imperfections arose in the infant universe. Among the topics covered are: the dominance of matter over antimatter (i.e., matter–antimatter asymmetry); the existence and intermixing of three generations of quarks and leptons; the stability of hydrogen and synthesis of other elements essential for life; the longevity and energy budget of the universe; the remaining mysteries surrounding dark matter, dark energy, and the postulated inflationary expansion of space in the infant universe; the fundamental role of randomness in quantum mechanics, in generating the first biomolecules and in biological evolution; the apparent perching of the vacuum state in our universe on the edge between stability and meta-stability; and philosophical questions, including the possibility of a multiverse, surrounding the interpretation of a universe that exhibits such fine-tuning. On all of these issues, the book clarifies what we know and how we know it, as distinct from what we speculate and how we might test it. |
| ISBN,Price | Rs 0.00 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. COSMOLOGY
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
4. NUCLEAR PHYSICS
5. ORIGIN OF LIFE
6. PARTICLE PHYSICS
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| Title | Introduction to astrobiology |
| Author(s) | David A. Rothery (Ed.);Iain Gilmour (ed.);Mark A. Sephton (ed.) |
| Edition | 3rd ed. |
| Publication | Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2018. |
| Description | vi, 392p. |
| Abstract Note | How did life on Earth begin? How common is it elsewhere in the Universe? Written and edited by planetary scientists and astrobiologists, this undergraduate-level textbook provides an introduction to the origin and nature of life, the habitable environments in our solar system and the techniques most successfully used for discovery and characterisation of exoplanets. This third edition has been thoroughly revised to embrace the latest developments in this field. Updated topics include the origins of water on Earth, the exploration of habitable environments on Mars, Europa and Enceladus, and the burgeoning discoveries in exoplanetary systems. Ideal for introductory courses on the subject, the textbook is also well-suited for self-study. It highlights important concepts and techniques in boxed summaries, with questions and exercises throughout the text, with full solutions provided. |
| ISBN,Price | 9781108430838 : £ 44.99(PB) |
| Classification | 524.8-88
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| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. EXOPLANETARY SYSTEMS
3. EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE
4. HABITABLE WORLD
5. ICY BODIES
6. ORIGIN OF LIFE
7. ORIGINS OF WATER
8. TITAN
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| Title | Origins and evolution of life: An astrobiological perspective |
| Author(s) | Muriel Gargaud (ed.);Purificacion Lopez-Garcia (ed.);Herve Martin (ed.) |
| Publication | Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2011. |
| Description | xix, 526p.; |
| Abstract Note | Devoted to exploring questions about the origin and evolution of life in our Universe, this highly interdisciplinary book brings together a broad array of scientists. Thirty chapters assembled in eight major sections convey the knowledge accumulated and the richness of the debates generated by this challenging theme. The text explores the latest research on the conditions and processes that led to the emergence of life on Earth and, by extension, perhaps on other planetary bodies. Diverse sources of knowledge are integrated, from astronomical and geophysical data, to the role of water, the origin of minimal life properties and the oldest traces of biological activity on our planet. This text will not only appeal to graduate students but to the large body of scientists interested in the challenges presented by the origin of life, its evolution, and its possible existence beyond Earth. |
| ISBN,Price | 9780521761314 : UKP 70.00(HB) |
| Classification | 524.8-88:573.5
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| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
3. EVOLUTION OF LIFE
4. ORIGIN OF LIFE
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