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Alle origini della vita / Christian de Duve ; traduzione di Libero Sosio
| Alle origini della vita / Christian de Duve ; traduzione di Libero Sosio |
| Autore | De Duve, Christian |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : Longanesi, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 315 p. : ill. ; 21 cm |
| Disciplina | 576.8/3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Sosio, Libero |
| Collana | La lente di Galileo ; 41 |
| Soggetto topico |
Life - Origin
Evolution (Biology) Singularities (Mathematics) |
| ISBN | 9788830424791 |
| Classificazione | LC QH325 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003783169707536 |
De Duve, Christian
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| Milano : Longanesi, 2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Amino acids and the asymmetry of life [[electronic resource] ] : caught in the act of formation / / Uwe Meierhenrich ; with a foreword by Henri B. Kagan
| Amino acids and the asymmetry of life [[electronic resource] ] : caught in the act of formation / / Uwe Meierhenrich ; with a foreword by Henri B. Kagan |
| Autore | Meierhenrich Uwe |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2008.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, : Springer, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Disciplina |
572.65
576.83 |
| Collana | Advances in astrobiology and biogeophysics |
| Soggetto topico |
Exobiology
Life - Origin Asymmetry (Chemistry) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-86226-6
9786611862268 3-540-76886-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Tracing Life’s Origin: From Amino Acids to Space Mission ROSETTA -- Stereochemistry for the Study of the Origin of Life -- Minority Report: Life’s Chiral Molecules of Opposite Handedness -- When Crystals Deliver Chirality to Life -- When Parity Falls: The Weak Nuclear Interaction -- Chiral Fields: Light, Magnetism, and Chirality -- Key to the Prebiotic Origin of Amino Acids -- A New Record for Chiral Molecules in Meteorites -- The New Space Race: Chiral Molecules on Comets and on Mars -- Accelerating the Carousel: Amplification Mechanisms. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451495403321 |
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Meierhenrich Uwe
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| Berlin, : Springer, c2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Amino acids and the asymmetry of life [[electronic resource] ] : caught in the act of formation / / Uwe Meierhenrich ; with a foreword by Henri B. Kagan
| Amino acids and the asymmetry of life [[electronic resource] ] : caught in the act of formation / / Uwe Meierhenrich ; with a foreword by Henri B. Kagan |
| Autore | Meierhenrich Uwe |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2008.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, : Springer, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (258 p.) |
| Disciplina |
572.65
576.83 |
| Collana | Advances in astrobiology and biogeophysics |
| Soggetto topico |
Exobiology
Life - Origin Asymmetry (Chemistry) |
| ISBN |
1-281-86226-6
9786611862268 3-540-76886-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Tracing Life’s Origin: From Amino Acids to Space Mission ROSETTA -- Stereochemistry for the Study of the Origin of Life -- Minority Report: Life’s Chiral Molecules of Opposite Handedness -- When Crystals Deliver Chirality to Life -- When Parity Falls: The Weak Nuclear Interaction -- Chiral Fields: Light, Magnetism, and Chirality -- Key to the Prebiotic Origin of Amino Acids -- A New Record for Chiral Molecules in Meteorites -- The New Space Race: Chiral Molecules on Comets and on Mars -- Accelerating the Carousel: Amplification Mechanisms. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782092303321 |
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Meierhenrich Uwe
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| Berlin, : Springer, c2008 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Astrobiologia, le frontiere della vita : la ricerca scientifica di organismi extraterrestri / Giuseppe Galletta, Valentina Sergi
| Astrobiologia, le frontiere della vita : la ricerca scientifica di organismi extraterrestri / Giuseppe Galletta, Valentina Sergi |
| Autore | Galletta, Giuseppe |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : Ulrico Hoepli, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 313 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm |
| Disciplina | 576.8/39 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Sergi, Valentinaauthor |
| Soggetto topico |
Exobiology
Life - Origin Life on other planets |
| ISBN | 9788820334246 |
| Classificazione |
LC QH327
52.9.52 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991000617719707536 |
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Galletta, Giuseppe
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| Milano : Ulrico Hoepli, c2005 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Astrobiology : understanding life in the universe / / Charles Cockell
| Astrobiology : understanding life in the universe / / Charles Cockell |
| Autore | Cockell Charles |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | West Sussex, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (470 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 577 |
| Soggetto topico | Life - Origin |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-118-91335-3
1-118-91334-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461586903321 |
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Cockell Charles
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| West Sussex, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Astrobiology : understanding life in the universe / / Charles Cockell
| Astrobiology : understanding life in the universe / / Charles Cockell |
| Autore | Cockell Charles S. <1967-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | West Sussex, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (470 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 577 |
| Soggetto topico | Life - Origin |
| ISBN |
1118913353
9781118913352 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796088703321 |
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Cockell Charles S. <1967->
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| West Sussex, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Astrobiology : understanding life in the universe / / Charles Cockell
| Astrobiology : understanding life in the universe / / Charles Cockell |
| Autore | Cockell Charles S. <1967-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | West Sussex, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (470 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 577 |
| Soggetto topico | Life - Origin |
| ISBN |
1118913353
9781118913352 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808907303321 |
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Cockell Charles S. <1967->
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| West Sussex, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Astrobiology
| Astrobiology |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Larchmont, NY], : Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. |
| Disciplina | 576 |
| Soggetto topico |
Exobiology
Life - Origin Evolution (Biology) Ecology Exobiologie Vie - Origines Évolution (Biologie) Écologie |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Periodical
Periodicals. |
| ISSN | 1557-8070 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996203306403316 |
| [Larchmont, NY], : Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Astrobiology
| Astrobiology |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Larchmont, NY], : Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. |
| Disciplina | 576 |
| Soggetto topico |
Exobiology
Life - Origin Evolution (Biology) Ecology Exobiologie Vie - Origines Évolution (Biologie) Écologie |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Periodical
periodicals. Periodicals. Périodiques. |
| ISSN | 1557-8070 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910134728903321 |
| [Larchmont, NY], : Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Astrobiology of Earth [[electronic resource] ] : the emergence, evolution, and future of life on a planet in turmoil / / Joseph Gale
| Astrobiology of Earth [[electronic resource] ] : the emergence, evolution, and future of life on a planet in turmoil / / Joseph Gale |
| Autore | Gale J (Joseph), <1931-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.839 |
| Soggetto topico |
Life - Origin
Exobiology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-32865-4
9786612328657 0-19-154835-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; Symbols and abbreviations; 1 What is life? Why water?; What is life?; Why water?; Summary; 2 The universe from the perspective of biology; Some special units of measurement used in astronomy; Time; Biologically significant events occurring in the universe; Stars; Galaxies; Planets of other star systems; Comets and asteroids; A brief survey of some other denizens of the universe; Galactic and Circumstellar Habitable Zones; Summary; 3 The Solar System and life on Earth: I; Main components of the Solar System; Our star, the Sun; The heliosphere and solar wind
The Sun's short-wave EM radiationSolar radiation and the temperature balance of the Earth's surface; Solar radiation and photosynthesis; Short-wave solar radiation, signals, and vision; The concept of a Circumstellar Habitable Zone (CHZ); Planets of the Solar System and life on Earth; Some extraterrestrial sites in the Solar System which may support life; Summary; 4 The Solar System and life on Earth: II; Comets and asteroids; Planetary satellites and life; Earth-a unique planet of the Solar System; Cosmic radiation and the solar wind; Summary 5 Early and present Earth and its circumnavigation of the SunEarly Earth; Motions of Earth in its circumnavigation of the Sun; Significance of the Moon to life on Earth; Jupiter-Earth's guardian angel (perhaps); Summary; 6 Origin of life and photosynthesis; What do we know, what can we know of the origin of life?; Panspermia; The empirical 'bottom-up' approach to understanding the 'rapid' appearance of life. Can we produce life in a test tube?; Some conjectures; Hypotheses concerning the origin of life on Earth; The origin of photosynthesis; The evolution of photosynthesis Consequences of lack of birth control in plantsSummary; 7 Setting the stage for the evolution of life on a tumultuous planet; Earth's 'third atmosphere'; Oxygen, UV radiation, and early ice ages; Some biological effects of the oxygen revolution; Carbon dioxide in Earth's third atmosphere; Composition of Earth's atmosphere in the late Quaternary period; Major stress factors which affected the evolution of life; Mass extinctions in the fossil record: local and planet-wide catastrophes; Conclusions; Summary; 8 Mechanisms of evolution: from first cells and extremophiles to complex life The dating problemTiming of the main events in evolution; Some early ideas about evolution; Some recent theories of the mechanism of evolution; The continuing coevolution of molecular biology and evolutionary theory; Extremophiles; Summary; 9 The evolution of humans and their interaction with the biosphere; Human origins; Human population; Homo sapiens sapiens (horribilis horribilis?) and the biosphere; Politically correct environmental science; How many people can the world support?; A note on land and energy resources; Summary; 10 In search of extraterrestrial life A short history of the origins of astrobiology |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455203603321 |
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Gale J (Joseph), <1931->
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| Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Soggetto topico
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Life - Origin
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- Evolution (Biology) (38)
- Exobiology (34)
- Life on other planets (18)
- Cosmology (17)