Atmospheric Evolution On Inhabited And Lifeless Worlds

Author : David C. Catling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521844126
Total Pages : 595 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atmospheric Evolution on Inhabited and Lifeless Worlds written by David C. Catling and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and authoritative text on the formation and evolution of planetary atmospheres, for graduate-level students and researchers.

Author : David C. Catling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316824527
Total Pages : 595 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atmospheric Evolution on Inhabited and Lifeless Worlds written by David C. Catling and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-13 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the search for Earth-like exoplanets gathers pace, in order to understand them, we need comprehensive theories for how planetary atmospheres form and evolve. Written by two well-known planetary scientists, this text explains the physical and chemical principles of atmospheric evolution and planetary atmospheres, in the context of how atmospheric composition and climate determine a planet's habitability. The authors survey our current understanding of the atmospheric evolution and climate on Earth, on other rocky planets within our Solar System, and on planets far beyond. Incorporating a rigorous mathematical treatment, they cover the concepts and equations governing a range of topics, including atmospheric chemistry, thermodynamics, radiative transfer, and atmospheric dynamics, and provide an integrated view of planetary atmospheres and their evolution. This interdisciplinary text is an invaluable one-stop resource for graduate-level students and researchers working across the fields of atmospheric science, geochemistry, planetary science, astrobiology, and astronomy.

Author : C. Sagan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401030634
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Planetary Atmospheres written by C. Sagan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the IAU Symposium No. 40, held in Marfa, Texas, U.S.A., October 26-31, 1969

Author : Raymond T. Pierrehumbert
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139495062
Total Pages : 679 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Principles of Planetary Climate written by Raymond T. Pierrehumbert and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-02 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the reader to all the basic physical building blocks of climate needed to understand the present and past climate of Earth, the climates of Solar System planets, and the climates of extrasolar planets. These building blocks include thermodynamics, infrared radiative transfer, scattering, surface heat transfer and various processes governing the evolution of atmospheric composition. Nearly four hundred problems are supplied to help consolidate the reader's understanding, and to lead the reader towards original research on planetary climate. This textbook is invaluable for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students in atmospheric science, Earth and planetary science, astrobiology, and physics. It also provides a superb reference text for researchers in these subjects, and is very suitable for academic researchers trained in physics or chemistry who wish to rapidly gain enough background to participate in the excitement of the new research opportunities opening in planetary climate.

Author : David C. Catling
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199586454
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction written by David C. Catling and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the origins of life on Earth and the search for extraterrestrial life, through an understanding of the factors that have allowed life to exist on this planet and the commonalities on others that may enable life elsewhere.

Author : Svante Arrhenius
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Worlds in the Making written by Svante Arrhenius and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jonathan I. Lunine
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521644235
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earth written by Jonathan I. Lunine and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an outstanding overview of the history of the Earth from a unique planetary perspective for introductory courses in the earth sciences. The book approaches Earth history as an evolution, encompassing the origin of the cosmos through the inner working of living cells. Earth: Evolution of a Habitable Planet tells how the Earth has come to its present state, why it differs from its neighboring planets, what life's place is in Earth's history, and how humanity affects the processes that make our planet livable. Today's human influences are contemplated in the context of natural changes on Earth. This book brings a fresh perspective to the study of the Earth for students who wish to learn how our planet evolved to its present form.

Author : Andrew Ingersoll
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400848237
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Planetary Climates written by Andrew Ingersoll and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-25 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise, sophisticated introduction to planetary climates explains the global physical and chemical processes that determine climate on any planet or major planetary satellite--from Mercury to Neptune and even large moons such as Saturn's Titan. Although the climates of other worlds are extremely diverse, the chemical and physical processes that shape their dynamics are the same. As this book makes clear, the better we can understand how various planetary climates formed and evolved, the better we can understand Earth's climate history and future.

Author : J.M. Trigo-Rodriguez
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461451914
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Early Evolution of the Atmospheres of Terrestrial Planets written by J.M. Trigo-Rodriguez and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Early Evolution of the Atmospheres of Terrestrial Planets” presents the main processes participating in the atmospheric evolution of terrestrial planets. A group of experts in the different fields provide an update of our current knowledge on this topic. Several papers in this book discuss the key role of nitrogen in the atmospheric evolution of terrestrial planets. The earliest setting and evolution of planetary atmospheres of terrestrial planets is directly associated with accretion, chemical differentiation, outgassing, stochastic impacts, and extremely high energy fluxes from their host stars. This book provides an overview of the present knowledge of the initial atmospheric composition of the terrestrial planets. Additionally it includes some papers about the current exoplanet discoveries and provides additional clues to our understanding of Earth’s transition from a hot accretionary phase into a habitable world. All papers included were reviewed by experts in their respective fields. We are living in an epoch of important exoplanet discoveries, but current properties of these exoplanets do not match our scientific predictions using standard terrestrial planet models. This book deals with the main physio-chemical signatures and processes that could be useful to better understand the formation of rocky planets.

Author : André Brack
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521564755
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Molecular Origins of Life written by André Brack and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-12-28 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 199 book reviews discoveries in astronomy, paleontology, biology and chemistry to help us to understand the likely origin of life on Earth.