Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction
暫譯: 天體生物學：非常簡短的介紹

Catling, David C.

Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction
  • 出版商: Oxford University
  • 出版日期: 2014-01-01
  • 售價: $740
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $703
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 160
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 0199586454
  • ISBN-13: 9780199586455

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商品描述

Astrobiology is an exciting new subject, and one, arguably, more interdisciplinary than any other. Astrobiologists seek to understand the origin and evolution of life on Earth in order to illuminate and guide the search for life on other planets. In this Very Short Introduction, David C. Catling introduces the subject through our understanding of the factors that allowed life to arise and persist on our own planet, and for the signs we are looking for in the search for extraterrestrial life.

About the Series:
Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all students an accessible and abundant reference library. Whatever the area of study that one deems important or appealing, whatever the topic that fascinates the general reader, the Very Short Introductions series has a handy and affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

天體生物學是一個令人興奮的新學科，並且可以說是最具跨學科特性的學科之一。天體生物學家試圖理解地球上生命的起源和演化，以便照亮並指導尋找其他行星上生命的過程。在這本《非常簡短的介紹》中，David C. Catling 通過我們對促成生命在地球上出現和持續存在的因素的理解，以及我們在尋找外星生命時所尋找的跡象，介紹了這一主題。

關於系列：
牛津的《非常簡短的介紹》系列提供了對各種主題的簡明而原創的介紹——從伊斯蘭教到社會學，政治到古典學，文學理論到歷史，以及考古學到聖經。這不僅僅是一本定義的教科書，該系列中的每一卷都提供了尖銳而具挑釁性的——但始終保持平衡和完整的——對特定學科或領域中心問題的討論。每本《非常簡短的介紹》都以可讀的方式演變該主題，展示該主題如何發展以及如何影響社會。最終，該系列將涵蓋每個主要學術學科，為所有學生提供一個可接觸且豐富的參考資料庫。無論是被認為重要或吸引人的研究領域，還是讓一般讀者著迷的主題，《非常簡短的介紹》系列都有一本方便且價格合理的指南，將被認為是不可或缺的。

作者簡介

David C. Catling, Deptartment of Earth and Space Sciences and Astrobiology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

David Catling is a Professor of Earth and Space Sciences. After a doctorate at the University of Oxford, he worked as a planetary scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center near San Francisco, from 1995-2001. In 2001, he was appointed as one of the world's first astrobiology professors at the University of Washington in Seattle. From 2005-2008, Prof. Catling was European Union Marie Curie Chair in Earth System and Planetary Studies at the University of Bristol, before returning to Seattle in 2009. He has taught astrobiology courses for over a decade and has published over eighty papers and articles in areas ranging from the geology of Mars, to the biochemistry of complex life, to the co-evolution of Earth's atmosphere and biosphere.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

大衛·C·卡特林，華盛頓大學地球與太空科學系及天體生物學計畫，位於美國西雅圖。

大衛·卡特林是地球與太空科學的教授。在牛津大學獲得博士學位後，他於1995年至2001年間在美國國家航空暨太空總署（NASA）位於舊金山附近的艾姆斯研究中心擔任行星科學家。2001年，他被任命為華盛頓大學的天體生物學教授，成為全球首批天體生物學教授之一。從2005年至2008年，卡特林教授在布里斯托大學擔任歐盟瑪麗·居里地球系統與行星研究講座，並於2009年返回西雅圖。他教授天體生物學課程已超過十年，並在火星地質、複雜生命的生物化學以及地球大氣與生物圈的共同演化等領域發表了超過八十篇論文和文章。

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