Comets and the origin of life [[electronic resource] /] / Janaki Wickramasinghe, Chandra Wickramasinghe, William Napier |
Autore | Wickramasinghe Janaki |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J. ; ; London, : World Scientific, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.839 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WickramasingheN. C <1939-> (Nalin Chandra)
NapierBill |
Soggetto topico |
Comets
Life - Origin Molecular evolution Exobiology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-76026-2
9786612760266 981-281-400-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Overview. 1.1. Introduction. 1.2. Cometary Panspermia. 1.3. History of Panspermia. 1.4. The ultraviolet problem. 1.5. Resilience of bacteria. 1.6. Extremophiles. 1.7. The discovery of organics in cosmic dust. 1.8. Comets. 1.9. The origin of life. 1.10. Modern advances. 1.11. Protoplanetary nebulae and extra-solar planetary systems. 1.12. Habitable zone -- 2. Cosmic dust and life. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. Constraints on composition. 2.3. Extinction by spherical particles. 2.4. The interstellar extinction and bacterial dust. 2.5. Infrared evidence. 2.6. Comet dust and biomaterial. 2.7. The identification of PAH and biological aromatics. 2.8. Other spectral features. 2.9. Fluorescence. 2.10. The origin of organic molecules in space. 2.11. Direct analysis of comet dust. 2.12. Capture of comet dust in the stratosphere -- 3. The origin of comets. 3.1. The galactic disc. 3.2. The formation of stars. 3.3. Planet formation. 3.4. The formation of comets -- 4. Comets in the galactic environment. 4.1. The mechanism of lithopanspermia. 4.2. The formation sites of comets. 4.3. The sun's orbit in the galaxy. 4.4. The impact cratering record -- 5. Dark comets : a link to Panspermia. 5.2. The impact hazard and the Panspermia connection -- 6. Expulsion of microbes from the solar system. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Expectations from impact cratering mechanisms. 6.3. Mechanisms for ejection and fragmentation of boulders. 6.4. [symbol]-meteoroids. 6.5. Protective shielding in small [symbol]-meteoroids. 6.6. Carbonisation of the surface layers of grains. 6.7. Radiation pressure effects. 6.8. Surviving the hazards of galactic cosmic rays. 6.9. How comets distribute life. 6.10. Dispersal of life by impacts -- 7. Liquid water in comets. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Primordial melting. 7.3. Evidence of present-day melting. 7.4. Results from Deep Impact. 7.5. Frozen lake surfaces. 7.6. Microbial fossils in carbonaceous meteorites -- 8. Origin of life. 8.1. Preamble 183. 8.2. Cometary interiors as incubators of early life. 8.3. Comparison with a terrestrial origin of life -- 9. Expanding horizons of life. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455859703321 |
Wickramasinghe Janaki | ||
Hackensack, N.J. ; ; London, : World Scientific, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Comets and the origin of life [[electronic resource] /] / Janaki Wickramasinghe, Chandra Wickramasinghe, William Napier |
Autore | Wickramasinghe Janaki |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J. ; ; London, : World Scientific, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.839 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WickramasingheN. C <1939-> (Nalin Chandra)
NapierBill |
Soggetto topico |
Comets
Life - Origin Molecular evolution Exobiology |
ISBN |
1-282-76026-2
9786612760266 981-281-400-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Overview. 1.1. Introduction. 1.2. Cometary Panspermia. 1.3. History of Panspermia. 1.4. The ultraviolet problem. 1.5. Resilience of bacteria. 1.6. Extremophiles. 1.7. The discovery of organics in cosmic dust. 1.8. Comets. 1.9. The origin of life. 1.10. Modern advances. 1.11. Protoplanetary nebulae and extra-solar planetary systems. 1.12. Habitable zone -- 2. Cosmic dust and life. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. Constraints on composition. 2.3. Extinction by spherical particles. 2.4. The interstellar extinction and bacterial dust. 2.5. Infrared evidence. 2.6. Comet dust and biomaterial. 2.7. The identification of PAH and biological aromatics. 2.8. Other spectral features. 2.9. Fluorescence. 2.10. The origin of organic molecules in space. 2.11. Direct analysis of comet dust. 2.12. Capture of comet dust in the stratosphere -- 3. The origin of comets. 3.1. The galactic disc. 3.2. The formation of stars. 3.3. Planet formation. 3.4. The formation of comets -- 4. Comets in the galactic environment. 4.1. The mechanism of lithopanspermia. 4.2. The formation sites of comets. 4.3. The sun's orbit in the galaxy. 4.4. The impact cratering record -- 5. Dark comets : a link to Panspermia. 5.2. The impact hazard and the Panspermia connection -- 6. Expulsion of microbes from the solar system. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Expectations from impact cratering mechanisms. 6.3. Mechanisms for ejection and fragmentation of boulders. 6.4. [symbol]-meteoroids. 6.5. Protective shielding in small [symbol]-meteoroids. 6.6. Carbonisation of the surface layers of grains. 6.7. Radiation pressure effects. 6.8. Surviving the hazards of galactic cosmic rays. 6.9. How comets distribute life. 6.10. Dispersal of life by impacts -- 7. Liquid water in comets. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Primordial melting. 7.3. Evidence of present-day melting. 7.4. Results from Deep Impact. 7.5. Frozen lake surfaces. 7.6. Microbial fossils in carbonaceous meteorites -- 8. Origin of life. 8.1. Preamble 183. 8.2. Cometary interiors as incubators of early life. 8.3. Comparison with a terrestrial origin of life -- 9. Expanding horizons of life. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780723003321 |
Wickramasinghe Janaki | ||
Hackensack, N.J. ; ; London, : World Scientific, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Comets and the origin of life [[electronic resource] /] / Janaki Wickramasinghe, Chandra Wickramasinghe, William Napier |
Autore | Wickramasinghe Janaki |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J. ; ; London, : World Scientific, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.839 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WickramasingheN. C <1939-> (Nalin Chandra)
NapierBill |
Soggetto topico |
Comets
Life - Origin Molecular evolution Exobiology |
ISBN |
1-282-76026-2
9786612760266 981-281-400-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Overview. 1.1. Introduction. 1.2. Cometary Panspermia. 1.3. History of Panspermia. 1.4. The ultraviolet problem. 1.5. Resilience of bacteria. 1.6. Extremophiles. 1.7. The discovery of organics in cosmic dust. 1.8. Comets. 1.9. The origin of life. 1.10. Modern advances. 1.11. Protoplanetary nebulae and extra-solar planetary systems. 1.12. Habitable zone -- 2. Cosmic dust and life. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. Constraints on composition. 2.3. Extinction by spherical particles. 2.4. The interstellar extinction and bacterial dust. 2.5. Infrared evidence. 2.6. Comet dust and biomaterial. 2.7. The identification of PAH and biological aromatics. 2.8. Other spectral features. 2.9. Fluorescence. 2.10. The origin of organic molecules in space. 2.11. Direct analysis of comet dust. 2.12. Capture of comet dust in the stratosphere -- 3. The origin of comets. 3.1. The galactic disc. 3.2. The formation of stars. 3.3. Planet formation. 3.4. The formation of comets -- 4. Comets in the galactic environment. 4.1. The mechanism of lithopanspermia. 4.2. The formation sites of comets. 4.3. The sun's orbit in the galaxy. 4.4. The impact cratering record -- 5. Dark comets : a link to Panspermia. 5.2. The impact hazard and the Panspermia connection -- 6. Expulsion of microbes from the solar system. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Expectations from impact cratering mechanisms. 6.3. Mechanisms for ejection and fragmentation of boulders. 6.4. [symbol]-meteoroids. 6.5. Protective shielding in small [symbol]-meteoroids. 6.6. Carbonisation of the surface layers of grains. 6.7. Radiation pressure effects. 6.8. Surviving the hazards of galactic cosmic rays. 6.9. How comets distribute life. 6.10. Dispersal of life by impacts -- 7. Liquid water in comets. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Primordial melting. 7.3. Evidence of present-day melting. 7.4. Results from Deep Impact. 7.5. Frozen lake surfaces. 7.6. Microbial fossils in carbonaceous meteorites -- 8. Origin of life. 8.1. Preamble 183. 8.2. Cometary interiors as incubators of early life. 8.3. Comparison with a terrestrial origin of life -- 9. Expanding horizons of life. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811305703321 |
Wickramasinghe Janaki | ||
Hackensack, N.J. ; ; London, : World Scientific, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A journey with Fred Hoyle [[electronic resource] /] / Chandra Wickramasinghe ; edited by Kamala Wickramasinghe |
Autore | Wickramasinghe Chandra |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
Disciplina |
520.92
520/.92 530.092 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WickramasingheKamala |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomers
Life - Origin Cosmic dust |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-299-46317-7
981-4436-13-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Foreword; Foreword to First Edition; Preface to Second Edition; Contents; Prologue; Chapter 1 Origins: Prelude to the Journey; Chapter 2 Cambridge and a First Meeting; Chapter 3 A Hike in the Lake District; Chapter 4 Betwixt the Stars; Chapter 5 The Route to Carbon Dust; Chapter 6 A Theory Takes Shape; Chapter 7 The Institute of Astronomy: The Vintage Years; Chapter 8 Winds of Change; Chapter 9 The Cardiff Era; Chapter 10 The Search for Cosmic Life; Chapter 11 Life from Comets and Pathogens from Space; Chapter 12 First Signs of Life; Chapter 13 Bacterial Dust Predictions Verified
Chapter 14 Life on the PlanetsChapter 15 Evolution from Space; Chapter 16 Theories of Trial; Chapter 17 A Fossil Controversy; Chapter 18 Comet Halley and its Legacy; Chapter 19 Alternative Cosmologies; Chapter 20 The Last Decade; Epilogue; Search for the Origin of Life; Cost of Heterodoxy; Astronomical Predictions: Comets and Meteorites; Astronomical Spectroscopy; Big Bang Cosmology; Planets; Evolutionary Predictions; Explicit Predictions from 1982; Viral Sequences in Genomes; Bibliography to First Edition; Bibliography to Second Edition; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452385103321 |
Wickramasinghe Chandra | ||
Singapore, : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A journey with Fred Hoyle |
Autore | Wickramasinghe Chandra |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 248 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina |
520.92
520/.92 530.092 |
Collana | Gale eBooks |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomers
Life - Origin Cosmic dust |
ISBN |
1-299-46317-7
981-4436-13-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Foreword; Foreword to First Edition; Preface to Second Edition; Contents; Prologue; Chapter 1 Origins: Prelude to the Journey; Chapter 2 Cambridge and a First Meeting; Chapter 3 A Hike in the Lake District; Chapter 4 Betwixt the Stars; Chapter 5 The Route to Carbon Dust; Chapter 6 A Theory Takes Shape; Chapter 7 The Institute of Astronomy: The Vintage Years; Chapter 8 Winds of Change; Chapter 9 The Cardiff Era; Chapter 10 The Search for Cosmic Life; Chapter 11 Life from Comets and Pathogens from Space; Chapter 12 First Signs of Life; Chapter 13 Bacterial Dust Predictions Verified
Chapter 14 Life on the PlanetsChapter 15 Evolution from Space; Chapter 16 Theories of Trial; Chapter 17 A Fossil Controversy; Chapter 18 Comet Halley and its Legacy; Chapter 19 Alternative Cosmologies; Chapter 20 The Last Decade; Epilogue; Search for the Origin of Life; Cost of Heterodoxy; Astronomical Predictions: Comets and Meteorites; Astronomical Spectroscopy; Big Bang Cosmology; Planets; Evolutionary Predictions; Explicit Predictions from 1982; Viral Sequences in Genomes; Bibliography to First Edition; Bibliography to Second Edition; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779565603321 |
Wickramasinghe Chandra | ||
Singapore, : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
A journey with Fred Hoyle |
Autore | Wickramasinghe Chandra |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 248 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina |
520.92
520/.92 530.092 |
Collana | Gale eBooks |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomers
Life - Origin Cosmic dust |
ISBN |
1-299-46317-7
981-4436-13-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Foreword; Foreword to First Edition; Preface to Second Edition; Contents; Prologue; Chapter 1 Origins: Prelude to the Journey; Chapter 2 Cambridge and a First Meeting; Chapter 3 A Hike in the Lake District; Chapter 4 Betwixt the Stars; Chapter 5 The Route to Carbon Dust; Chapter 6 A Theory Takes Shape; Chapter 7 The Institute of Astronomy: The Vintage Years; Chapter 8 Winds of Change; Chapter 9 The Cardiff Era; Chapter 10 The Search for Cosmic Life; Chapter 11 Life from Comets and Pathogens from Space; Chapter 12 First Signs of Life; Chapter 13 Bacterial Dust Predictions Verified
Chapter 14 Life on the PlanetsChapter 15 Evolution from Space; Chapter 16 Theories of Trial; Chapter 17 A Fossil Controversy; Chapter 18 Comet Halley and its Legacy; Chapter 19 Alternative Cosmologies; Chapter 20 The Last Decade; Epilogue; Search for the Origin of Life; Cost of Heterodoxy; Astronomical Predictions: Comets and Meteorites; Astronomical Spectroscopy; Big Bang Cosmology; Planets; Evolutionary Predictions; Explicit Predictions from 1982; Viral Sequences in Genomes; Bibliography to First Edition; Bibliography to Second Edition; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822703903321 |
Wickramasinghe Chandra | ||
Singapore, : World Scientific Pub. Co., 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A journey with Fred Hoyle [[electronic resource] ] : the search for cosmic life / / Chandra Wickramasinghe ; edited by Kamala Wickramasinghe |
Autore | Wickramasinghe N. C (Nalin Chandra), <1939-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (245 p.) |
Disciplina | 520/.92 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WickramasingheKamala |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomers
Life - Origin Cosmic dust |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-87717-4
9786611877170 981-256-579-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Foreword; Contents; Prologue; Chapter 1 Origins: Prelude to the Journey; Chapter 2 Cambridge and a First Meeting; Chapter 3 A Hike in the Lake District; Chapter 4 Betwixt the Stars; Chapter 5 The Route to Carbon Dust; Chapter 6 A Theory Takes Shape; Chapter 7 The Institute of Astronomy: The Vintage Years; Chapter 8 Winds of Change; Chapter 9 The Cardiff Era; Chapter 10 The Search for Cosmic Life; Chapter 11 Life from Comets and Pathogens from Space; Chapter 12 First Signs of Life; Chapter 13 Bacterial Dust Predictions Verified; Chapter 14 Life on the Planets; Chapter 15 Evolution from Space
Chapter 16 Theories of TrialChapter 17 A Fossil Controversy; Chapter 18 Comet Halley and its Legacy; Chapter 19 Alternative Cosmologies; Chapter 20 The Last Decade; Bibliography; Technical Papers; Books; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450213603321 |
Wickramasinghe N. C (Nalin Chandra), <1939-> | ||
Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
A journey with Fred Hoyle [[electronic resource] ] : the search for cosmic life / / Chandra Wickramasinghe ; edited by Kamala Wickramasinghe |
Autore | Wickramasinghe N. C (Nalin Chandra), <1939-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (245 p.) |
Disciplina | 520/.92 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WickramasingheKamala |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomers
Life - Origin Cosmic dust |
ISBN |
1-281-87717-4
9786611877170 981-256-579-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Foreword; Contents; Prologue; Chapter 1 Origins: Prelude to the Journey; Chapter 2 Cambridge and a First Meeting; Chapter 3 A Hike in the Lake District; Chapter 4 Betwixt the Stars; Chapter 5 The Route to Carbon Dust; Chapter 6 A Theory Takes Shape; Chapter 7 The Institute of Astronomy: The Vintage Years; Chapter 8 Winds of Change; Chapter 9 The Cardiff Era; Chapter 10 The Search for Cosmic Life; Chapter 11 Life from Comets and Pathogens from Space; Chapter 12 First Signs of Life; Chapter 13 Bacterial Dust Predictions Verified; Chapter 14 Life on the Planets; Chapter 15 Evolution from Space
Chapter 16 Theories of TrialChapter 17 A Fossil Controversy; Chapter 18 Comet Halley and its Legacy; Chapter 19 Alternative Cosmologies; Chapter 20 The Last Decade; Bibliography; Technical Papers; Books; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783719003321 |
Wickramasinghe N. C (Nalin Chandra), <1939-> | ||
Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
A journey with Fred Hoyle [[electronic resource] ] : the search for cosmic life / / Chandra Wickramasinghe ; edited by Kamala Wickramasinghe |
Autore | Wickramasinghe N. C (Nalin Chandra), <1939-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (245 p.) |
Disciplina | 520/.92 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WickramasingheKamala |
Soggetto topico |
Astronomers
Life - Origin Cosmic dust |
ISBN |
1-281-87717-4
9786611877170 981-256-579-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Foreword; Contents; Prologue; Chapter 1 Origins: Prelude to the Journey; Chapter 2 Cambridge and a First Meeting; Chapter 3 A Hike in the Lake District; Chapter 4 Betwixt the Stars; Chapter 5 The Route to Carbon Dust; Chapter 6 A Theory Takes Shape; Chapter 7 The Institute of Astronomy: The Vintage Years; Chapter 8 Winds of Change; Chapter 9 The Cardiff Era; Chapter 10 The Search for Cosmic Life; Chapter 11 Life from Comets and Pathogens from Space; Chapter 12 First Signs of Life; Chapter 13 Bacterial Dust Predictions Verified; Chapter 14 Life on the Planets; Chapter 15 Evolution from Space
Chapter 16 Theories of TrialChapter 17 A Fossil Controversy; Chapter 18 Comet Halley and its Legacy; Chapter 19 Alternative Cosmologies; Chapter 20 The Last Decade; Bibliography; Technical Papers; Books; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814472003321 |
Wickramasinghe N. C (Nalin Chandra), <1939-> | ||
Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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La nuvola della vita : l'origine della vita nell'universo / Fred Hoyle, Chandra Wickramasinghe ; [traduzione di Libero Sosio] |
Autore | HOYLE, Fred |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : Mondadori, 1979 |
Descrizione fisica | 208 p. ; 20 cm |
Disciplina | 520 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WICKRAMASINGHE, Chandra |
Collana | Saggi |
Soggetto topico | Astronomia |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNISA-990002214070203316 |
HOYLE, Fred | ||
Milano : Mondadori, 1979 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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