From Stars to Life: A Quantitative Approach to Astrobiology
Author:   Manasvi Lingam (Florida Institute of Technology) ,  Amedeo Balbi (Università degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata')
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   438
Publication Date:   30 November 2024
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Author:   Manasvi Lingam (Florida Institute of Technology) ,  Amedeo Balbi (Università degli Studi di Roma 'Tor Vergata')
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781009411219


ISBN 10:   1009411217
Pages:   438
Publication Date:   30 November 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Part I. Astronomical Origins; 1. The foundations of astrobiology; 2. From the Big Bang to molecules; 3. Planet formation and migration; Part II. Earth; 4. Conditions on early Earth; 5. Origin(s) of life on Earth; 6. Co-evolution of life and environment on Earth; Part III. Habitability; 7. Instantaneous habitability; 8. Continuous habitability; Part IV. Astrobiological Targets; 9. Mars; 10. Icy worlds; 11. 'Exotic' life; 12. Detecting and characterising exoplanets; Part V. Detecting Life; 13. Biosignatures; 14. Technosignatures; Part VI. Futures; 15. The future of humankind; References; Author index; Subject index.

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Manasvi Lingam is an Assistant Professor of Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences & Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Florida Institute of Technology (USA), with more than 100 papers spanning various physical sciences. He is the lead author of Life in the Cosmos (Harvard University Press, 2021) and he is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. Amedeo Balbi is an Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, where he has been teaching astrobiology for the past two decades. With an extensive publication record of more than 100 scientific papers, his research encompasses a wide array of topics in theoretical astrophysics.

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