Astrobiology [electronic resource] : Origins from the Big-Bang to Civilisation Proceedings of the Iberoamerican School of Astrobiology Caracas, Venezuela, 28 November– 8 December, 1999 /

Origins: From the Big-Bang to Civilisation -- Detectability of intelligent life in the universe: A search based in our knowledge of the laws of nature -- Cosmos and cosmology -- New developments in astronomy relevant to astrobiology -- Cosmochemical evolution and the origin of life on Earth -- Chemical evolution in the early Earth -- Nitrogen fixation in planetary environments: A comparison between mildly reducing and neutral atmospheres -- Darwinian dynamics and biogenesis -- Evolution of adaptive systems -- Contemporary controversies within the framework of the revolutionary theory -- Molecular Biology and the reconstruction of microbial phylogenies: des liaisons dangereuses? -- Astrobiology and the ESA Science Programme -- The chemical composition of comets -- Information, life and brains -- The origin of the neuron: The first neuron in the phylogenetic tree of life -- Origin of Synapses: A scientific account or the story of a hypothesis -- Origins of language: The evolution of human speech -- Astrophysics and Meta-Technics -- Deeper Questions: The search for darwinian evolution in our solar system -- Report on the round-table “Music of the spheres” -- Ultimate paradoxes of time travel -- Do wormholes exist? -- Heterogeneous radiolysis of succinic acid in the presence of sodium-montmorillonite. Implications to prebiotic chemistry -- Condensed matter surfaces in prebiotic chemistry -- Irradiation of adenine adsorbed in Na-Montmorillonite. Implications to chemical evolution studies -- Accumulation of alkanes ? n-C18 on the early Earth -- Advantages of the alkanes ? n-C18 as protectors for the synthesis and survival of critical biomolecules in the early Earth -- Evidence a of a nitrogen deficiency as a selective pressure towards the origin of biological nitrogen fixation in the early Earth -- RNA-binding peptides as early molecular fossils -- On the role of genome duplications in the evolution of prokaryotic chromosomes -- Experimental simulation of volcanic lightning on early Mars -- Tropical Alpine environments: A plausible analog for ancient and future life on Mars -- Planetary habitable zones on Earth and Mars biophysical limits of life in planetry environments -- Quantitative study of the effects of various energy sources on a Titan’s simulated atmosphere -- Life extinctions and gravitational collapse of ONeMg electron-degenerate objects -- Nameindex -- Participants.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Chela-Flores, Julián. editor., Lemarchand, Guillermo A. editor., Oró, John. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2000
Subjects:	Life sciences., Organic chemistry., Physical chemistry., Geochemistry., Planetology., Biochemistry., Life Sciences., Biochemistry, general., Organic Chemistry., Physical Chemistry.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4313-4
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