The search for life outside the Earth has been one of the biggest quests of mankind. We have reached a level in technology that allows the first steps towards a scientific investigation. The aim of this workshop was to take an interdisciplinary look at the signatures would be indicative for past or present life on another planet, to compare them to biosignatures on Earth, and to discussstate-of-the-art in-situ instrumentas that are envisioned to search for thesesignatures in the exploration of the solar system as well as concepts for thesearch for habitable planets around other stars. Biochemists, geochemists, organic chemists, astronomers and instrument developers have combined their efforts to create an integrated account of state-of-the-art life detection methodsCombines biosignatures relevant for in-situ investigations with those relevant for remote sensing on exoplanets
- ISBN: 978-0-387-77515-9
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 350
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés