02083nam a22003258a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141040002400170050002200194082001700216245008700233264005200320300005900372336002600431337002600457338003600483500007300519520093700592650001501529700004201544700004601586700004301632776003501675856004701710CR9780511902574UkCbUP20171019154627.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||100716s2012||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9780511902574 (ebook)  z9781107006416 (hardback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aQH326 b.F76 201200a576.8/3922300aFrontiers of Astrobiology /cEdited by Chris Impey, Jonathan Lunine, José Funes. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2012.  a1 online resource (331 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aAstrobiology is an exciting interdisciplinary field that seeks to answer one of the most important and profound questions: are we alone? In this volume, leading international experts explore the frontiers of astrobiology, investigating the latest research questions that will fascinate a wide interdisciplinary audience at all levels. What is the earliest evidence for life on Earth? Where are the most likely sites for life in the Solar System? Could life have evolved elsewhere in the Galaxy? What are the best strategies for detecting intelligent extraterrestrial life? How many habitable or Earth-like exoplanets are there? Progress in astrobiology over the past decade has been rapid and, with evidence accumulating that Mars once hosted standing bodies of liquid water, the discovery of over 500 exoplanets and new insights into how life began on Earth, the scientific search for our origins and place in the cosmos continues. 0aExobiology1 aImpey, Chris,eeditor of compilation.1 aLunine, Jonathan,eeditor of compilation.1 aFunes, José,eeditor of compilation.08iPrint version: z978110700641640uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511902574