{"product_id":"9780792345978","title":"Planetary and Interstellar Processes Relevant to the Origins of Life","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePlanetary and Interstellar Processes Relevant to the Origins of Life\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eWhittet, D.C.B.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese are exciting times for exobiology. The ubiquity of  organic molecules in interstellar clouds, comets and asteroids  strongly supports a cosmic perspective on the origin of life. Data  from both ground-based telescopes and the recently launched Infrared  Space Observatory are providing new insight into the complexity of  carbon-based chemistry beyond the Earth. Meteorites give us solid  evidence for extraterrestrial amino acids, and putative fossil  evidence for life in a 3.6 billion-year-old Martian meteorite hints  that life in our system might not be the sole prerogative of the  Earth. Giant planets have now been discovered orbiting other stars,  and although such planets seem unlikely to be habitable themselves,  their existence strongly suggests what many astronomers have long  believed - that planetary systems are commonplace. \u003cbr\u003e  All these topics are reviewed in this volume by active researchers.  The level is appropriate for graduate students in astronomy, biology,  chemistry, earth sciences, physics, and related disciplines. It will  also provide a valuable source of reference for active researchers in  these fields.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1997-06-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792345978\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-015-8907-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 297cm x210cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 316\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44358466404492,"sku":"9780792345978","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792345978.jpg?v=1771523284","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780792345978","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}