Astrobiology of earth: the emergence, evolution and future of life on a planet in turmoil
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| adam_text | ASTROBIOLOGY OF EARTH THE EMERGENCE, EVOLUTION, AND FUTURE OF LIFE ON A
PLANET IN TURMOIL JOSEPH GALE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION IX SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS XV 1 WHAT IS LIFE? WHY WATER?
1 WHAT IS LIFE? 1 WHY WATER? 8 SUMMARY 17 2 THE UNIVERSE FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE OF BIOLOGY 19 SOME SPECIAL UNITS OF MEASUREMENT USED IN
ASTRONOMY 21 TIME 22 BIOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OCCURRING IN THE
UNIVERSE 23 STARS 25 GALAXIES 27 PLANETS OF OTHER STAR SYSTEMS 30 COMETS
AND ASTEROIDS 31 A BRIEF SURVEY OF SOME OTHER DENIZENS OF THE UNIVERSE
32 GALACTIC AND CIRCUMSTELLAR HABITABLE ZONES 33 SUMMARY 35 3 THE SOLAR
SYSTEM AND LIFE ON EARTH: I 37 MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM 37
OUR STAR, THE SUN 37 THE HELIOSPHERE AND SOLAR WIND 39 THE SUN S
SHORT-WAVE EM RADIATION 39 SOLAR RADIATION AND THE TEMPERATURE BALANCE
OF THE EARTH S SURFACE 43 SOLAR RADIATION AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS 44
SHORT-WAVE SOLAR RADIATION, SIGNALS, AND VISION 45 THE CONCEPT OF A
CIRCUMSTELLAR HABITABLE ZONE (CHZ) 47 PLANETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND
LIFE ON EARTH 49 SOME EXTRATERRESTRIAL SITES IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM WHICH
MAY SUPPORT LIFE 51 SUMMARY 55 4 THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND LIFE ON EARTH: II
57 COMETS AND ASTEROIDS 57 PLANETARY SATELLITES AND LIFE 58 EARTH*A
UNIQUE PLANET OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM 64 COSMIC RADIATION AND THE SOLAR WIND
73 SUMMARY 76 VI CONTENTS EARLY AND PRESENT EARTH AND ITS
CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE SUN 79 EARLY EARTH 79 MOTIONS OF EARTH IN ITS
CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE SUN 87 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MOON TO LIFE ON EARTH
91 JUPITER*EARTH S GUARDIAN ANGEL (PERHAPS) 93 SUMMARY 95 ORIGIN OF LIFE
AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS 97 WHAT DO WE KNOW, WHAT CAN WE KNOW OF THE ORIGIN OF
LIFE? 97 PANSPERMIA 100 THE EMPIRICAL BOTTOM-UP APPROACH TO
UNDERSTANDING THE RAPID APPEARANCE OF LIFE. CAN WE PRODUCE LIFE IN A
TEST TUBE? 102 SOME CONJECTURES 105 HYPOTHESES CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF
LIFE ON EARTH 107 THE ORIGIN OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS 109 THE EVOLUTION OF
PHOTOSYNTHESIS 109 CONSEQUENCES OF LACK OF BIRTH CONTROL IN PLANTS 112
SUMMARY 114 SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE ON A TUMULTUOUS
PLANET 115 EARTH S THIRD ATMOSPHERE 116 OXYGEN, UV RADIATION, AND
EARLY ICE AGES 118 SOME BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE OXYGEN REVOLUTION 119
CARBON DIOXIDE IN EARTH S THIRD ATMOSPHERE 122 COMPOSITION OF EARTH S
ATMOSPHERE IN THE LATE QUATERNARY PERIOD 123 MAJOR STRESS FACTORS WHICH
AFFECTED THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE 125 MASS EXTINCTIONS IN THE FOSSIL
RECORD: LOCAL AND PLANET-WIDE CATASTROPHES 130 CONCLUSIONS 134 SUMMARY
135 MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION: FROM FIRST CELLS AND EXTREMOPHILES TO
COMPLEX LIFE 137 THE DATING PROBLEM 137 TIMING OF THE MAIN EVENTS IN
EVOLUTION 138 SOME EARLY IDEAS ABOUT EVOLUTION 138 SOME RECENT THEORIES
OF THE MECHANISM OF EVOLUTION 143 THE CONTINUING COEVOLUTION OF
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY THEORY 147 EXTREMOPHILES 149 SUMMARY
154 THE EVOLUTION OF HUMANS AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH THE BIOSPHERE 157
HUMAN ORIGINS 157 HUMAN POPULATION 160 HOMO SAPIENS SAPIENS {HORRIBILIS
HORRIBILIS?) AND THE BIOSPHERE 164 CONTENTS VII POLITICALLY CORRECT
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 171 HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN THE WORLD SUPPORT? 181 A
NOTE ON LAND AND ENERGY RESOURCES 182 SUMMARY 184 10 IN SEARCH OF
EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE 187 A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ORIGINS OF ASTROBIOLOGY
188 THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE TODAY 192 WHY NOT FLY THERE AND
SEE FOR OURSELVES? 193 CREATING A MICRO-BIOSPHERE, TO ENABLE HUMANS TO
TRAVEL IN SPACE 195 LIMITATIONS TO THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE WITH ROBOTIC
PROBES 199 WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY OF THERE BEING OTHER INTELLIGENT
CIVILIZATIONS IN THE UNIVERSE? 200 HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT TO EXTRA-SOLAR STAR
SYSTEMS 206 SUMMARY 207 EPILOGUE 209 APPENDIX-A: A WORKSHOP GUIDE 211
APPENDIX-B: NOTES ADDED IN PRESS 215 REFERENCES AND RESOURCES 217 INDEX
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