Encyclopedia of Astrobiology.pdf

Encyclopedia of Astrobiology

Muriel Gargaud (Editor-in-Chief)

Ricardo Amils, Jos´ Cernicharo Quintanilla, Henderson James (Jim) Cleaves II,

William M. Irvine, Daniele L. Pinti and Michel Viso (Eds.)

Encyclopedia of Astrobiology

With 547 Figures and 68 Tables

Editor

Muriel Gargaud

Astrophysicist

Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Bordeaux

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33270 Floirac

France

ISBN 978-3-642-11271-3 e-ISBN 978-3-642-11274-4

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