The search for life's origins progress and future directions in planetary biology and chemical evolution
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press
1990.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622298506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Search for Life's Origins
- Copyright
- Foreword
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- OVERVIEW
- THE COSMIC HISTORY OF THE BIOGENIC ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS
- EARLY PLANETARY ENVIRONMENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR CHEMICAL EVOLUTION AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
- THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
- THE EVOLUTION OF CELLULAR AND MULTICELLULAR LIFE
- SEARCH FOR LIFE OUTSIDE THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- MAJOR RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS
- Recommendations Requiring Flight Opportunities
- Mars
- Comets and Asteroids
- Titan and the Giant Outer Planets
- The Interstellar Medium and Cosmic Dust Particles
- Recommendations Requiring Ground-Based Studies
- Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life
- Mars-Related Studies
- Studies Related to Comets and Asteroids
- Studies Related to Titan and the Giant Outer Planets
- Studies Related to the Interstellar Medium and Dust
- Studies Related to the Search for Life Outside the Solar System
- SPACE SCIENCE PROGRAM AND POLICY ISSUES
- 1 Overview
- 2 The Cosmic History of the Biogenic Elements and Compounds
- INTRODUCTION
- SYSTEMATIC STUDIES OF INTERSTELLAR CLOUDS
- COMPLEX MOLECULES
- STAR-FORMING REGIONS AND THE SUBMILLIMETER SPECTRAL RANGE
- GRAIN INTERRELATIONSHIPS
- INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY AND ASTRONOMY
- GRAIN INTERACTIONS
- Future Investigations
- ASTEROIDS
- Future Investigations
- METEORITES
- Future Investigations
- COMETS AND INTERPLANETARY DUST PARTICLES
- Comets
- Interplanetary Dust Particles
- Future Investigations
- 3 Early Planetary Environments: Implications for Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life
- INTRODUCTION
- THE OUTER PLANETS
- THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS
- Earth
- Accretion by Impacts
- Tectonics and the Development of Earth's Early Atmosphere and Hydrosphere
- Impacts and Their Influence on Environmental Conditions for the Origin Maintenance of Life
- Mars
- Aqueous Environments.
- Differences between Mars and Earth
- Large Impacts on Mars
- Prospects for Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life on Mars
- 4 The Origin of Life
- 5 The Evolution of Cellular and Multicellular Life
- INTRODUCTION
- Metabolic Diversity
- PRIORITY CONSIDERATIONS
- 6 Search for Life outside the Solar System
- INTRODUCTION
- APPROACHES TO THE DETECTION OF LIFE OUTSIDE THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES
- MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS
- Detecting Extrasolar Planets
- Indirect Detection
- Direct Detection
- Studying Nebulae and Disks
- Spectroscopic Analyses of Planetary Atmospheres
- Searching for Extraterrestrial Technologies
- Technologies That Generate Electromagnetic Signals
- Technologies That Do Not Generate Electromagnetic Signals
- Available Measurement Accuracies
- 7 Major Research Recommendations
- RECOMMENDATIONS REQUIRING FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES
- Mars
- Comets and Asteroids
- Titan and the Giant Outer Planets
- The Interstellar Medium and Cosmic Dust Particles
- RECOMMENDATIONS REQUIRING GROUND-BASED STUDIES
- Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life
- Mars-Related Studies
- Studies Related to Comets and Asteroids
- Studies Related to Titan and the Giant Outer Planets
- Studies Related to the Interstellar Medium and Dust
- Studies Related to the Search for Life outside the Solar System
- 8 Space Science Program and Policy Issues
- ACCESS TO MISSIONS
- MEASURES TO ENHANCE RESEARCH IN CHEMICAL EVOLUTION AND PLANETARY BIOLOGY
- References
- Glossary
- Appendix
- COMMISSION ON PHYSICAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS, AND RESOURCES
- List of Members
- Index.
