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From Suns to Life: a Chronological Approach to the History of Life on Earth

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ISBN-10: 1280945087

ISBN-13: 9781280945083

Edition: N/A

Authors: Muriel Gargaud, Philippe Claeys, Herv Martin, Thierry Montmerle, Robert Pascal

List price: $359.00
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This review emerged from several interdisciplinary meetings and schools gathering a group of astronomers, geologists, biologists, and chemists, attempting to share their specialized knowledge around a common question: how did life emerge on Earth? Their ultimate goal was to provide some kind of answer as a prerequisite to an even more demanding question: is life universal? The resulting state-of-the-art articles were written by twenty-five scientists telling a not-so linear story, but on the contrary, highlighting problems, gaps, and controversies. Needless to say, this approach yielded no definitive answers to both questions. However, by adopting a chronological approach to the question of…    
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List price: $359.00
Publisher: Springer
Publication date: 1/10/2010
Binding: E-Book 
Pages: 370
Language: English

Herv Martin is Professor at the Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans at the Universit Blaise Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand. He has been in charge of several international research programs on the geochemistry and geodynamic processes on early Earth.

Muriel Gargaud is an astrophysicist at the University of Bordeaux and at the CNRS. She is an experience editor and author in the field of astrobiology. Purificación López-García is a biologist and research director at the CNRS. Hervé Martin is a geologist and teaches at the University of Clermond-Ferrand. Thierry Montmerle is professor at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris. Robert Pascal is a chemist at the CNRS and at the University of Montpellier.