1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990006489820403321

Autore

Newitt, Malyn

Titolo

The Comoro Islands : struggle against dependency in the Indian Ocean / Malyn Newitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder : Westview Press ( (London) : Gower, 1984

Descrizione fisica

X, 144 p. ill. 23 cm

Collana

Profiles. Nations of contemporary Africa

Disciplina

969

Locazione

FSPBC

Collocazione

XIV E 3071

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910554262303321

Autore

Encrenaz Therese

Titolo

Planets and life / / Therese Encrenaz, James Lequeux and Fabienne Casoli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : EDP Sciences, , [2021]

©2021

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 pages)

Collana

Current Natural Sciences

Disciplina

523.01

Soggetti

Astrophysics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Formation of Terrestrial Planets -- Chapter 3. The Exploration of Terrestrial Planets -- Chapter 4. Venus, Earth and Mars:



A Diverging Evolution -- Chapter 5. The Appearance of Life -- Chapter 6. The Development of Life on Earth -- Chapter 7. Life in the Solar System? -- Chapter 8. How to Search for Life on Rocky Exoplanets? -- Chapter 9. Conclusions: Some Future Directions in Exobiology -- Glossary -- Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

The Earth is the only planet in the Solar System where liquid water is present on the surface, a condition that seems necessary for the development of life. Its sisters Venus and Mars are extremely different. Why did these three planets, born under fairly comparable conditions, evolve to the conditions we observe today? Understanding the physical or chemical factors that are at the origin of such divergent evolutions is a first step in an approach to the problem of the origin of life on Earth.