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An Introduction to Astrobiology

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Edited by David A. Rothery, The Open University, Milton Keynes, Iain Gilmour, The Open University, Milton Keynes, Mark A. Sephton, Imperial College London
Published 2018

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How did life on Earth begin? How common is it elsewhere in the Universe? Written and edited by planetary scientists and astrobiologists, this undergraduate-level textbook provides an introduction to the origin and nature of life, the habitable environments in our solar system and the techniques most successfully used for discovery and characterisation of exoplanets. This third edition has been thoroughly revised to embrace the latest developments in this field. Updated topics include the origins of water on Earth, the exploration…

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  • Thoroughly revised to take into account the latest developments, such as arsenic-tolerant extremophiles, exoplanet detection, results of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Titan and a re-examination of the habitability of Mars
  • Contains boxed summaries, questions and answers throughout the text and exercises with full solutions
  • Online resources include electronic versions of figures from the book and example assignments and suggested answers

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