Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Part I Planetary systems and the origins of life
- 1 Observations of extrasolar planetary systems
- 2 The atmospheres of extrasolar planets
- 3 Terrestrial planet formation
- 4 From protoplanetary disks to prebiotic amino acids and the origin of the genetic code
- 5 Emergent phenomena in biology: the origin of cellular life
- Part II Life on Earth
- Part III Life in the Solar System?
- Index
2 - The atmospheres of extrasolar planets
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Part I Planetary systems and the origins of life
- 1 Observations of extrasolar planetary systems
- 2 The atmospheres of extrasolar planets
- 3 Terrestrial planet formation
- 4 From protoplanetary disks to prebiotic amino acids and the origin of the genetic code
- 5 Emergent phenomena in biology: the origin of cellular life
- Part II Life on Earth
- Part III Life in the Solar System?
- Index
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- Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life , pp. 21 - 40Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007