Stardust [E-Book] : The Cosmic Seeds of Life / by Sun Kwok.
How did life originate on Earth? For over 50 years, scientists believed that life was the result of a chemical reaction involving simple molecules such as methane and ammonia cooking in a primordial soup. Recent space observations have revealed that old stars are capable of making very complex organ...
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| Personal Name(s): | Kwok, Sun, author |
| Edition: |
1st ed. 2013. |
| Imprint: |
Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer,
2013
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| Physical Description: |
XXII, 267 pages 74 illustrations, 50 illustrations in color (online resource) |
| Note: |
englisch |
| ISBN: |
9783642328022 |
| DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-642-32802-2 |
| Series Title: |
Astronomers' Universe
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- 1. Where do we come from?
- 2. Rocks and dust in the planetary neighborhood
- 3. Impacts from beyond
- 4. Descendants of stars
- 5. Glowing in the dark
- 6. Star dust in our eyes
- 7. The oldest and brightest
- 8. Neon signs in the sky
- 9. Stars as molecular factories
- 10. Smoke from stellar chimneys
- 11. Gems from Heaven
- 12. Diamonds in the sky
- 13. A mysterious red glow
- 14. A celestial origin for oil?
- 15. Organics in our Solar System
- 16. Stardust in our hands
- 17. Bacteria in space?
- 18. Comets: messengers from the past
- 19. Where do oceans come from?
- 20. Playing God with primordial soup
- 21. Stardust and origin of life
- 22. Our place in the Universe
- 23. Bibliography
- 24. Appendix I. Scientific notation
- 25. Appendix II. Units of measurement
- 26. Appendix III Color and Temperature
- 27. Appendix IV: Naming convention of astronomical objects
- 28. Appendix V Elemental abundance
- 29. Appendix VI Mass and energy
- 30. Glossary.