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Professor J. Seckbach is a retired senior academician at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. He earned his MSc. & Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and did a post doctorate in the Division of Biology at Caltech, in Pasadena, CA. He led a group researching exobiology (extraterrestrial life) at UCLA. Seckbach was appointed to the Hebrew University, Jerusalem (as a senior Lecturer) and spent sabbaticals at UCLA and Harvard University. Dr. Seckbach enjoyed his DAAD-sponsored (The German
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Téléchargez le livre :  Conflicting Models for the Origin of Life
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Conflicting Models for the Origin of Life

Richard Gordon , Joseph Seckbach , Stoyan K. Smoukov


Wiley-Scrivener

2023-02-14

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Conflicting Models for the Origin of LifeConflicting Models for the Origin of Life provides a forum to compare and contrast the many hypotheses that have been put forward to explain the origin of life. There is a revolution brewing in the field of...

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Télécharger le livre :  Terraforming Mars
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TERRAFORMING MARS This book provides a thorough scientific review of how Mars might eventually be colonized, industrialized, and transformed into a world better suited to human habitation. The idea of terraforming Mars has, in recent times, become a topic of intense...

Editeur : Wiley-Scrivener
Parution : 2021-11-18
Collection : Astrobiology Perspectives on Life in the Universe
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Télécharger le livre :  Diatom Morphogenesis
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DIATOM MORPHOGENESIS A unique book presenting the range of silica structures formed by diatoms, theories and hypotheses of how they are made, and applications to nanotechnology by use or imitation of diatom morphogenesis. There are up to 200,000 species of diatoms, each...

Editeur : Wiley-Scrivener
Parution : 2021-10-26
Collection : Diatoms: Biology and Applications
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Télécharger le livre :  Planet Formation and Panspermia
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An in-depth view of the panspermia hypothesis examined against the latest knowledge of planetary formation and related processes. Panspermia is the concept that life can be passively transported through space on various bodies and seed, habitable planets and moons,...

Editeur : Wiley-Scrivener
Parution : 2021-09-27
Collection : Astrobiology Perspectives on Life in the Universe
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Télécharger le livre :  Astrobiology
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ASTROBIOLOGY This unique book advances the frontier discussion of a wide spectrum of astrobiological issues on scientific advances, space ethics, social impact, religious meaning, and public policy formulation. Astrobiology is an exploding discipline in which not only...

Editeur : Wiley-Scrivener
Parution : 2021-09-22
Collection : Astrobiology Perspectives on Life in the Universe
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Télécharger le livre :  Extremophiles as Astrobiological Models
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The data in this book are new or updated, and will serve also as Origin of Life and evolutionary studies. Endospores of bacteria have a long history of use as model organisms in astrobiology, including survival in extreme environments and interplanetary transfer of...

Editeur : Wiley-Scrivener
Parution : 2020-12-09

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Télécharger le livre :  Diatoms
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The aim of this new book series (Diatoms: Biology and Applications) is to provide a comprehensive and reliable source of information on diatom biology and applications.The first book of the series, Diatoms Fundamentals & Applications, is wide ranging, starting with the...

Editeur : Wiley-Scrivener
Parution : 2019-07-01

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Télécharger le livre :  The Algae World
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Algal World has been carefully written and edited with an interdisciplinary appeal and aims to bring all aspects of Algae together in one volume. The 22 chapters are divided into two different parts which have been authored by eminent researchers from across the world....

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2015-12-16
Collection : Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
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Télécharger le livre :  Habitability of Other Planets and Satellites
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Is the Earth the right model and the only universal key to understand habitability, the origin and maintenance of life? Are we able to detect life elsewhere in the universe by the existing techniques and by the upcoming space missions? This book tries to give answers by...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2013-07-30
Collection : Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
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Télécharger le livre :  Polyextremophiles
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Many Microorganisms and some macro-organisms can live under extreme conditions. For example, high and low temperature, acidic and alkaline conditions, high salt areas, high pressure, toxic compounds, high level of ionizing radiation, anoxia and absence of light, etc....

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2013-05-13
Collection : Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
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Télécharger le livre :  The Science of Algal Fuels
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This volume, The Science of Algal Fuels (volume 25 of COLE), contains 26 chapters dealing with biofuels contributed by experts from numerous countries and covers several aspects of algal products, one being “oilgae from algae,” mainly oils and fuels for engines. Among...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2012-12-04
Collection : Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
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Télécharger le livre :  Life on Earth and other Planetary Bodies
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A trio of editors [Professors from Austria, Germany and Israel] present Life on Earth and other Planetary Bodies. The contributors are from twenty various countries and present their research on life here as well as the possibility for extraterrestrial life. This volume...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2012-10-29
Collection : Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
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Télécharger le livre :  Origin(s) of Design in Nature
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Origin(s) of Design in Nature is a collection of over 40 articles from prominent researchers in the life, physical, and social sciences, medicine, and the philosophy of science that all address the philosophical and scientific question of how design emerged in the...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2012-08-27
Collection : Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
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Télécharger le livre :  Genesis - In The Beginning
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Genesis – In The Beginning deals with the origin and diversity of Life and early biological evolution and discusses the question of where (hot or cold sources) and when the beginning of Life took place. Among the sections are chapters dealing with prebiotic chemical...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2012-03-19
Collection : Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
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Télécharger le livre :  Anoxia
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ANOXIA defines the lack of free molecular oxygen in an environment. In the presence of organic matter, anaerobic prokaryotes produce compounds such as free radicals, hydrogen sulfide, or methane that are typically toxic to aerobes. The concomitance of suppressed...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-10-20
Collection : Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
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Télécharger le livre :  The Diatom World
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Diatom biology, genomics and ecology are becoming more relevant to the human species. While there have been recent compilations of some of the applied aspects of diatoms, and the dizzying pace of taxonomic revisions, this new volume bring us up to date on their...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-07-23
Collection : Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
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Télécharger le livre :  STROMATOLITES: Interaction of Microbes with Sediments
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STROMATOLITES: Interaction of Microbes with Sediments provides an overview and latest information about the formation of Stromatolites as a result of interaction of microbes with sediments. Eighty-three expert scientists from twenty-seven countries present the chapters...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2011-03-23
Collection : Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
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Télécharger le livre :  All Flesh Is Grass
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This new book takes us through a journey from early life to modern agriculture. The thirty eight authors present current studies on the interrelation of plants-animals.This topic has always fascinated man, as evidenced even by the first chapters of Genesis. The world of...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2010-10-11
Collection : Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
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Télécharger le livre :  Symbioses and Stress
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Télécharger le livre :  Red Algae in the Genomic Age
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r ed Algae in Genome Age book most people reading this book have childhood memories about being enthralled at the beach with those rare and mysterious living forms we knew as seaweeds. We were fascinated at that time by their range of red hues and textures, and most of...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2010-07-27
Collection : Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
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Télécharger le livre :  Microbial Mats
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This book provides information about microbial mats, from early fossils to modern mats located in marine and terrestrial environments. Microbial mats – layered biofilms containing different types of cells – are most complex systems in which representatives of various...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2010-07-17
Collection : Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
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