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Cockell, Charles |
Dissent, Revolution and Liberty Beyond Earth |
I10214 |
2016 |
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Stevenson, David S |
The Nature of Life and Its Potential to Survive |
I10177 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Haywood, Rapha??lle D |
Radial-velocity Searches for Planets Around Active Stars |
I10031 |
2016 |
eBook |
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Schulze-Makuch, Dirk |
The Cosmic Zoo |
I09993 |
2017 |
eBook |
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Linde, Peter |
The Hunt for Alien Life |
I09866 |
2016 |
eBook |
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Lakdawalla, Emily |
The Design and Engineering of Curiosity |
I09679 |
2018 |
eBook |
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Rossi, Angelo Pio |
Planetary Geology |
I09541 |
2018 |
eBook |
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Dick, Steven J |
Space, Time, and Aliens |
I09418 |
2020 |
eBook |
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| 19 |
Linsky, Jeffrey |
Host Stars and their Effects on Exoplanet Atmospheres |
I09380 |
2019 |
eBook |
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Capova, Klara Anna |
Astrobiology and Society in Europe Today |
I09366 |
2018 |
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| Title | Dissent, Revolution and Liberty Beyond Earth |
| Author(s) | Cockell, Charles |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | VIII, 240 p. 9 illus., 5 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This volume provides an in-depth discussion on the central question ??? how can people express and survive dissent and disagreement in confined habitats in space? The discussion is an important one because it could be that the systems of inter-dependence required to survive in space are so strong that dissent becomes impossible. John Locke originally said that people have a right to use revolution to overthrow a despotic regime. But if revolution causes violence and damage that causes depressurisation with the risk of killing many people, is it even permissible to have a revolution? How then are people to express their liberty or dissatisfaction with their rulers? The emergence of structures of dissent and disagreement is an essential part of the construction of a framework of liberty in space (revolution is just the extreme example) and thus the topic deserves in-depth and immediate attention. Even today, the way in which we assemble organisations and corporations for the government and private exploration of space must take into account the need for mechanisms to allow people to express dissent |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319293493 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. ETHICS
5. INTERNATIONAL LAW
6. Law of the sea
7. Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space
8. Personality
9. Personality and Social Psychology
10. Science???Social aspects
11. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
12. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
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| Title | The Nature of Life and Its Potential to Survive |
| Author(s) | Stevenson, David S |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XV, 456 p. 70 illus., 69 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book looks at the persistence of life and how difficult it would be to annihilate life, especially a species as successful as humanity. The idea that life in general is fragile is challenged by the hardiness of microbes, which shows that astrobiology on exoplanets and other satellites must be robust and plentiful. Microbes have adapted to virtually every niche on the planet, from the deep, hot biosphere, to the frigid heights of the upper troposphere. Life, it seems, is almost indestructible. The chapters in this work examine the various scenarios that might lead to the extermination of life, and why they will almost always fail. Life's highly adaptive nature ensures that it will cling on no matter how difficult the circumstances. Scientists are increasingly probing and questioning life's true limits in, on and above the Earth, and how these limits could be pushed elsewhere in the universe. This investigation puts life in its true astronomical context, with the reader taken on a journey to illustrate life's potential and perseverance. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319529110 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. ASTRONOMY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Evolutionary Biology
6. PLANETOLOGY
7. Popular Science in Astronomy
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| Title | Radial-velocity Searches for Planets Around Active Stars |
| Author(s) | Haywood, Rapha??lle D |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | XV, 140 p. 60 illus., 57 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This thesis develops new and powerful methods for identifying planetary signals in the presence of ???noise??? generated by stellar activity, and explores the physical origin of stellar intrinsic variability, using unique observations of the Sun seen as a star. In particular, it establishes that the intrinsic stellar radial-velocity variations mainly arise from suppression of photospheric convection by magnetic fields. With the advent of powerful telescopes and instruments we are now on the verge of discovering real Earth twins in orbit around other stars. The intrinsic variability of the host stars themselves, however, currently remains the main obstacle to determining the masses of such small planets. The methods developed here combine Gaussian-process regression for modeling the correlated signals arising from evolving active regions on a rotating star, and Bayesian model selection methods for distinguishing genuine planetary signals from false positives produced by stellar magnetic activity. The findings of this thesis represent a significant step towards determining the masses of potentially habitable planets orbiting Sun-like stars. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319412733 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
3. Astronomy???Observations
4. ASTROPHYSICS
5. Astrophysics and Astroparticles
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. Observations, Astronomical
9. SPACE SCIENCES
10. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | The Cosmic Zoo : Complex Life on Many Worlds |
| Author(s) | Schulze-Makuch, Dirk;Bains, William |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2017. |
| Description | XII, 232 p. 33 illus., 31 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Are humans a galactic oddity, or will complex life with human abilities develop on planets with environments that remain habitable for long enough? In a clear, jargon-free style, two leading researchers in the burgeoning field of astrobiology critically examine the major evolutionary steps that led us from the distant origins of life to the technologically advanced species we are today. Are the key events that took life from simple cells to astronauts unique occurrences that would be unlikely to occur on other planets? By focusing on what life does - it's functional abilities - rather than specific biochemistry or anatomy, the authors provide plausible answers to this question. Systematically exploring the various pathways that led to the complex biosphere we experience on planet Earth, they show that most of the steps along that path are likely to occur on any world hosting life, with only two exceptions: One is the origin of life itself ??? if this is a highly improbable event, then we live in a rather ???empty universe???. However, if this isn???t the case, we inevitably live in a universe containing a myriad of planets hosting complex as well as microbial life - a ???cosmic zoo???. The other unknown is the rise of technologically advanced beings, as exemplified on Earth by humans. Only one technological species has emerged in the roughly 4 billion years life has existed on Earth, and we don???t know of any other technological species elsewhere. If technological intelligence is a rare, almost unique feature of Earth's history, then there can be no visitors to the cosmic zoo other than ourselves. Schulze-Makuch and Bains take the reader through the history of life on Earth, laying out a consistent and straightforward framework for understanding why we should think that advanced, complex life exists on planets other than Earth. They provide a unique perspective on the question that puzzled the human species for centuries: are we alone? |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319620459 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. ASTRONOMY
3. EARTH
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Evolutionary Biology
7. GEOLOGY
8. LIFE SCIENCES
9. Popular Earth Science
10. Popular Life Sciences
11. Popular Science in Astronomy
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| I09993 |
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| Title | The Hunt for Alien Life : A Wider Perspective |
| Author(s) | Linde, Peter |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. |
| Description | XVI, 385 p. 146 illus., 133 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Astronomer Peter Linde takes the reader through the story of the search for extraterrestrial life in a captivating and thought-provoking way, specifically addressing the new research that is currently devoted towards discovering other planets with life. He discusses the methods used to detect possible signals from other civilizations and the ways that the space sciences are changing as a result of this new field. ???Are we alone???? is a mystery that has forever fascinated mankind, gaining momentum by scientists since the 1995 discovery of the existence of exoplanets began to inspire new ways of thinking in astronomy. Here, Linde tries to answer many philosophical questions that derive from this area of research: Is humanity facing a change of paradigm, that we are not unique as intelligent beings? Is it possible to communicate with others out there, and even if we can???should we? |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319241180 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. ASTRONOMY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. Popular Science in Astronomy
6. SPACE SCIENCES
7. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | The Design and Engineering of Curiosity : How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job |
| Author(s) | Lakdawalla, Emily |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018. |
| Description | XIV, 394 p. 225 illus., 209 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book describes the most complex machine ever sent to another planet: Curiosity. It is a one-ton robot with two brains, seventeen cameras, six wheels, nuclear power, and a laser beam on its head. No one human understands how all of its systems and instruments work. This essential reference to the Curiosity mission explains the engineering behind every system on the rover, from its rocket-powered jetpack to its radioisotope thermoelectric generator to its fiendishly complex sample handling system. Its lavishly illustrated text explains how all the instruments work -- its cameras, spectrometers, sample-cooking oven, and weather station -- and describes the instruments' abilities and limitations. It tells you how the systems have functioned on Mars, and how scientists and engineers have worked around problems developed on a faraway planet: holey wheels and broken focus lasers. And it explains the grueling mission operations schedule that keeps the rover working day in and day out. |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319681467 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTROBIOLOGY
4. ASTRONAUTICS
5. ASTRONOMY
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. PLANETOLOGY
9. Popular Science in Astronomy
10. SPACE SCIENCES
11. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Planetary Geology |
| Author(s) | Rossi, Angelo Pio;van Gasselt, Stephan |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018. |
| Description | LXV, 433 p. 166 illus., 112 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book provides an up-to-date interdisciplinary geoscience-focused overview of solid solar system bodies and their evolution, based on the comparative description of processes acting on them. Planetary research today is a strongly multidisciplinary endeavor with efforts coming from engineering and natural sciences. Key focal areas of study are the solid surfaces found in our Solar System. Some have a direct interaction with the interplanetary medium and others have dynamic atmospheres. In any of those cases, the geological records of those surfaces (and sub-surfaces) are key to understanding the Solar System as a whole: its evolution and the planetary perspective of our own planet. This book has a modular structure and is divided into 4 sections comprising 15 chapters in total. Each section builds upon the previous one but is also self-standing. The sections are:?? Methods and tools Processes and Sources?? Integration and Geological Syntheses Frontiers The latter covers the far-reaching broad topics of exobiology, early life, extreme environments and planetary resources, all areas where major advancements are expected in the forthcoming decades and both key to human exploration of the Solar System. The target readership includes advanced undergraduate students in geoscience-related topics with no specific planetary science knowledge; undergraduates in other natural science domains (e.g. physics, astronomy, biology or chemistry); graduates in engineering and space systems design who want to complement their knowledge in planetary science. The authors??? backgrounds span a broad range of topics and disciplines: rooted in Earth geoscience, their expertise covers remote sensing and cartography, field mapping, impact cratering, volcanology and tectonics, sedimentology and stratigraphy exobiology and life in extreme environments, planetary resources and mining. Several generations of planetary scientists are cooperating to provide a modern view on a discipline developed from Earth during and through Space exploration |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319651798 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. GEOPHYSICS
5. Geophysics and Environmental Physics
6. PLANETOLOGY
7. SPACE SCIENCES
8. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Space, Time, and Aliens : Collected Works on Cosmos and Culture |
| Author(s) | Dick, Steven J |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2020. |
| Description | XXII, 799 p. 127 illus., 71 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In this comprehensive and interdisciplinary volume, former NASA Chief Historian Steven Dick reflects on the exploration of space, astrobiology and its implications, cosmic evolution, astronomical institutions, discovering and classifying the cosmos, and the philosophy of astronomy. The unifying theme of the book is the connection between cosmos and culture, or what Carl Sagan many years ago called the ???cosmic connection.??? As both an astronomer and historian of science, Dr. Dick has been both a witness to and a participant in many of the astronomical events of the last half century. This collection of papers presents his reflections over the last forty years in a way accessible to historians, philosophers, and scientists alike. From the search for alien life to ongoing space exploration efforts, readers will find this volume full of engaging topics relevant to science, society, and our collective future on planet Earth and beyond |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030416140 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. COSMOLOGY
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. HISTORY
6. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
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| Title | Host Stars and their Effects on Exoplanet Atmospheres : An Introductory Overview |
| Author(s) | Linsky, Jeffrey |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2019. |
| Description | X, 273 p. 143 illus., 104 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Like planets in our solar system, exoplanets form, evolve, and interact with their host stars in many ways. As exoplanets acquire material and grow to the final size, their atmospheres are subjected to intense UV and X-radiation and high-energy particle bombardment from the young host star. Whether a planet can retain its atmosphere and the conditions for significant mass loss both depend upon the strength of the host star's high-energy radiation and wind, the distance of the exoplanet from its host star, the gravitational potential of the exoplanet, and the initial chemical composition of the exoplanet atmosphere. This introductory overview describes the physical processes responsible for the emission of radiation and acceleration of winds of host stars that together control the environment of an exoplanet, focusing on topics that are critically important for understanding exoplanetary atmospheres but are usually not posed from the perspective of host stars. Accordingly, both host stars and exoplanets are not studied in isolation but are treated as integrated systems. Stellar magnetic fields, which are the energy source for activity phenomena including high-energy radiation and winds, play a critical role in determining whether exoplanets are habitable. This text is primarily for researchers and graduate students who are studying exoplanet atmospheres and habitability, but who may not have a background in the physics and phenomenology of host stars that provide the environment in which exoplanets evolve. It provides a comprehensive overview of this broad topic rather than going deeply into many technical aspects but includes a large list of references to guide those interested in pursuing these questions. Nonspecialists with a scientific background should also find this text a valuable resource for understanding the critical issues of contemporary exoplanet research |
| ISBN,Price | 9783030114527 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. PLANETARY SCIENCE
6. PLANETARY SCIENCES
7. PLANETOLOGY
8. Solar and Heliospheric Physics
9. SOLAR SYSTEM
10. SPACE SCIENCES
11. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Astrobiology and Society in Europe Today |
| Author(s) | Capova, Klara Anna;Persson, Erik;Milligan, Tony;Dun??r, David |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018. |
| Description | XVI, 72 p. 14 illus., 13 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This White Paper describes the state of astrobiology in Europe today and its relation to the European society at large. With contributions from authors in twenty countries and over thirty scientific institutions worldwide, the document illustrates the societal implications of astrobiology and the positive contribution that astrobiology can make to European society. The White paper has two main objectives: 1. It recommends the establishment of a European Astrobiology Institute (EAI) as an answer to a series of challenges relating to astrobiology but also European research, education and the society at large. 2. It also acknowledges the societal implications of astrobiology, and thus the role of the social sciences and humanities in optimizing the positive contribution that astrobiology can make to the lives of the people of Europe and the challenges they face. This book is recommended reading for science policy makers, the interested public, and the astrobiology community |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319962658 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTROBIOLOGY
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. Public policy
5. Science and Technology Studies
6. Science???Social aspects
7. Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education
8. Technology???Sociological aspects
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