Planets and life / / Thérèse Encrenaz, James Lequeux, Fabienne Casoli.
The Earth is the only planet in the Solar System where liquid water is present on the surface, a condition that seems necessary for the development of life. Its sisters Venus and Mars are extremely different. Why did these three planets, born under fairly comparable conditions, evolve to the conditi...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Les Ulis : : EDP Sciences, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Current Natural Sciences
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Contents
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. The Formation of Terrestrial Planets
- Chapter 3. The Exploration of Terrestrial Planets
- Chapter 4. Venus, Earth and Mars: A Diverging Evolution
- Chapter 5. The Appearance of Life
- Chapter 6. The Development of Life on Earth
- Chapter 7. Life in the Solar System?
- Chapter 8. How to Search for Life on Rocky Exoplanets?
- Chapter 9. Conclusions: Some Future Directions in Exobiology
- Glossary
- Bibliography