Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life [E-Book] / edited by Paul J. Thomas, Christopher F. Chyba, Christopher P. McKay.
This volume considers the role comets may have played in the origins and evolution of life, particularly in light of recent investigations of Halley's comet, of new insights into organic synthesis in meteorites and comets, and of new results of numerical simulations of cometary orbits and impac...
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Personal Name(s): | Chyba, Christopher F., editor |
McKay, Christopher P., editor / Thomas, Paul J., editor | |
Imprint: |
New York, NY :
Springer,
1997
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Physical Description: |
XIII, 296 p. 15 illus. online resource. |
Note: |
englisch |
ISBN: |
9781475726886 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-1-4757-2688-6 |
Subject (LOC): |
- Introduction: Comets and the Origin of Life
- 1 Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life
- 2 The Origin of the Atmosphere and of the Oceans
- 3 Organic Chemistry in Comets From Remote and In Situ Observations
- 4 Polymers and Other Macromolecules in Comets
- 5 Numerical Models of Comet and Asteroid Impacts
- 6 Comets as a Source of Prebiotic Organic Molecules for the Early Earth
- 7 Impacts and the Early Evolution of Life
- 8 Cometary Impacts on the Biosphere
- 9 The Contemporary Hazard of Cometary Impacts
- 10 26Al and Liquid Water Environments in Comets
- 11 Life in Comets
- 12 Comets and Space Missions.