From Suns to Life: A Chronological Approach to the History of Life on Earth

2006. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-387-45082-7
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 370 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 871 g

This review gathers astronomers, geologists, biologists, and chemists around a common question: how did life emerge on Earth? The ultimate goal is to probe an even more demanding question: is life universal? This not-so linear account highlights problems, gaps, and controversies. Discussion covers the formation of the solar system; the building of a habitable planet; prebiotic chemistry, biochemistry, and the emergence of life; the early Earth environment, and much more.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gargaud, Muriel

Claeys, Philippe

López-García, Purificación

Martin, Hervé

Montmerle, Thierry

Pascal, Robert

Reisse, Jacques

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Exobiologie, Astrobiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Exobiologie, Astrobiologie, Xenobiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Allgemeines
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Sonnensystem: Sonne und Planeten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

From the Arrow of Time to the Arrow of Life.- Dating Methods and Corresponding Chronometers in Astrobiology.- Solar System Formation and Early Evolution: the First 100 Million Years.- Building of a Habitable Planet.- Prebiotic Chemistry — Biochemistry — Emergence of Life (4.4-2 Ga).- Environmental Context.- Ancient Fossil Record and Early Evolution (ca. 3.8 to 0.5 Ga).- A Synthetic Interdisciplinary “Chronological Frieze”: an Attempt.- Life On Earth. And Elsewhere?.

Über Autor(innen)

Jacques Reisse: Professor of organic chemistry and physical chemistry- Université Libre de Bruxelles

Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium

Research activity: stereochemistry, study of intermolecular interactions in liquid phase, nuclear magnetic resonance, cosmochemistry, sonochemistry

Antonio Lazcano, Professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City.

President of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life

Research activity: origin and early evolution of life

He is the author of The Origin of Life, which has become a bestseller with over 600 thousand copies sold.

He is considered the foremost promoter of evolutionary biology and the study of the origins of life in Latin America. He has been member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Molecular Evolution, Nanobiology, Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiologia, and Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere.