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UNINA9910437975903321 |
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Kwok Sun |
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Titolo |
Stardust : the cosmic seeds of life / / Sun Kwok |
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Berlin ; ; New York, : Springer, c2013 |
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[1st ed. 2013.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Collana |
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Astronomers' Universe, , 1614-659X |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Extraterrestrial life |
Life - Origin |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Where do we come from? -- 2. Rocks and dust in the planetary neighborhood -- 3. Impacts from beyond -- 4. Descendants of stars -- 5. Glowing in the dark -- 6. Star dust in our eyes -- 7. The oldest and brightest -- 8. Neon signs in the sky -- 9. Stars as molecular factories -- 10. Smoke from stellar chimneys -- 11. Gems from Heaven -- 12. Diamonds in the sky -- 13. A mysterious red glow -- 14. A celestial origin for oil? -- 15. Organics in our Solar System -- 16. Stardust in our hands -- 17. Bacteria in space? -- 18. Comets: messengers from the past -- 19. Where do oceans come from? -- 20. Playing God with primordial soup -- 21. Stardust and origin of life -- 22. Our place in the Universe -- 23. Bibliography -- 24. Appendix I. Scientific notation -- 25. Appendix II. Units of measurement -- 26. Appendix III Color and Temperature -- 27. Appendix IV: Naming convention of astronomical objects -- 28. Appendix V Elemental abundance -- 29. Appendix VI Mass and energy -- 30. Glossary. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How did life originate on Earth? For over 50 years, scientists believed that life was the result of a chemical reaction involving simple molecules such as methane and ammonia cooking in a primordial soup. Recent space observations have revealed that old stars are capable of making very complex organic compounds. At some point in their evolution, stars eject those organics and spread them all over the Milky Way galaxy. There is evidence that these organic dust particles actually reached the early Solar System. Through bombardments by comets and |
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