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Now in its third edition the Encyclopedia of Astrobiology serves as the key to a common understanding in the extremely interdisciplinary community of astrobiologists. Each new or experienced researcher and graduate student in adjacent fields of astrobiology will appreciate this reference work in the quest to understand the big picture. The carefully selected group of active researchers contributing to this work are aiming to give a comprehensive international perspective on and to accelerate the interdisciplinary advance of astrobiology. The interdisciplinary field of astrobiology constitutes a joint arena where provocative discoveries are coalescing concerning, e.g. the prevalence of exoplanets, the diversity and hardiness of life, and its chances for emergence. Biologists, astrophysicists, (bio)-chemists, geoscientists and space scientists share this exciting mission of revealing the origin and commonality of life in the Universe. With its overview articles and its definitions the Encyclopedia of Astrobiology not only provides a common language and understanding for the members of the different disciplines but also serves for educating a new generation of young astrobiologists who are no longer separated by the jargon of individual scientific disciplines. This new edition offers ~170 new entries. More than half of the existing entries were updated, expanded or supplemented with figures supporting the understanding of the text. Especially in the fields of astrochemistry and terrestrial extremophiles but also in exoplanets and space sciences in general there is a huge body of new results that have been taken into account in this new edition. Because the entries in the Encyclopedia are in alphabetical order without regard for scientific field, this edition includes a section “Astrobiology by Discipline” which lists the entries by scientific field and subfield. This should be particularly helpful to those enquiring about astrobiology, as it illustrates the broad and detailed nature of the field.

Exobiology. --- Astrobiology --- Biology --- Habitable planets --- Life --- Origin --- Astrobiology. --- Bioorganic chemistry. --- Life sciences. --- Planetary science. --- Astrophysics. --- Physical geography. --- Bioorganic Chemistry. --- Life Sciences. --- Planetary Science. --- Earth System Sciences. --- Geography --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Planetary sciences --- Planetology --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Bio-organic chemistry --- Biological organic chemistry --- Biochemistry --- Chemistry, Organic

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This book is the first comprehensive textbook at the graduate level encompassing all aspects associated with the emerging field of astrobiology. Volume I gathers a fist set of extensive lectures that cover a broad range of topics, from the formation of solar system to the quest for the most primitive life forms that emerged on the early Earth.

524.86 --- 550.7 --- 550.47 --- 57.017.22 --- 57.017.22 Origin. Formation. Precursors --- Origin. Formation. Precursors --- 550.47 Biogeochemistry --- Biogeochemistry --- 550.7 Geobiology. Geological actions of organisms --- Geobiology. Geological actions of organisms --- 524.86 Origin and formation of the elements --- Origin and formation of the elements --- Exobiology --- Life on other planets --- Life --- Molecular evolution --- Origin --- Exobiology. --- Molecular evolution. --- Origin. --- Earth sciences. --- Organic chemistry. --- Geophysics. --- Geobiology. --- Microbiology. --- Space sciences. --- Astrobiology. --- Earth Sciences. --- Biogeosciences. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. --- Organic Chemistry. --- Physical geography. --- Astrophysics. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Chemistry, Organic. --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Geography --- Astrobiology --- Biology --- Habitable planets --- Microbial biology --- Microorganisms --- Organic chemistry --- Chemistry --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Earth sciences --- Biosphere

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Devoted to exploring questions about the origin and evolution of life in our Universe, this highly interdisciplinary book brings together a broad array of scientists. Thirty chapters assembled in eight major sections convey the knowledge accumulated and the richness of the debates generated by this challenging theme. The text explores the latest research on the conditions and processes that led to the emergence of life on Earth and, by extension, perhaps on other planetary bodies. Diverse sources of knowledge are integrated, from astronomical and geophysical data, to the role of water, the origin of minimal life properties and the oldest traces of biological activity on our planet. This text will not only appeal to graduate students but to the large body of scientists interested in the challenges presented by the origin of life, its evolution, and its possible existence beyond Earth.

Exobiology. --- Life --- Evolution (Biology) --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Abiogenesis --- Biogenesis --- Germ theory --- Heterogenesis --- Life, Origin of --- Life (Biology) --- Origin of life --- Plasmogeny --- Plasmogony --- Exobiology --- Spontaneous generation --- Astrobiology --- Habitable planets --- Origin. --- Origin

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