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Astrobiology : a very short introduction / David C. Catling.

by Catling, David (David Charles)

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Oxford University Press, 2013.

Very short introductions ; 370.

9780199586455 (pbk.)

0199586454 (pbk.)

xiv, 142 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-133) and index.

What is astrobiology? -- From stardust to planets, the abodes for life -- Origins of life and environment -- From slime to the sublime -- Life : a genome's way of making more and fitter genomes -- Life in the solar system -- Far-off worlds, distant suns -- Controversies and prospects.

"How did life originate on Earth? Is it unique to this planet? What should we look for in seeking other inhabited worlds? These are the central questions of the new science of Astrobiology. Space missions have given us intriguing close-up views of planets and moons within the Solar System, and we now know that there are many planets around other stars. We are also learning more about the remarkable range of microbes and finding signs of very early life on Earth. In [this title] David Catling describes what we know about how life arose on Earth and the habitability of other worlds, and the clues these provide in the search for extraterrestrial life."--Book jacket.

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