Title:
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Stardust : the cosmic seeds of life /
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Authors:
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Sun Kwok, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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New York, NY : Springer, 2013
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Series:
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Astronomers' universe
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-3-642-32801-5
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Size:
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xxii, 267 p. / ill (some color) / 23 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-257) and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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QH326
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Subjects:
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Exobiology
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Life--Origin
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Description:
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Contents note:
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Where Do We Come From? -- Rocks and Dust in the Planetary Neighborhood -- Impacts from Beyond -- Descendants of Stars -- Glowing in the Dark -- Stardust in Our Eyes -- The Oldest and Brightest -- Neon Signs in the Sky -- Stars as Molecular Factories -- Smoke from Stellar Chimneys -- Gems from Heaven -- Diamonds in the Sky -- A Mysterious Red Glow -- A Celestial Origin for Oil? -- Organics in Our Solar System -- Stardust in Our Hands -- Bacteria in Space? -- Comets: Messengers from the Past -- Where Do Oceans Come from? -- Playing God with Primordial Soup -- Stardust and Origin of Life -- Our Place in the Universe
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