Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life

Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life

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Considers the role comets played in the origins and evolution of life, particularly in light of recent investigations of Halley's Comet, of new insights into organic synthesis in meteorites and comets, and of new results of numerical simulations of cometary orbits and impacts on Earth.

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Considers the role comets played in the origins and evolution of life, particularly in light of recent investigations of Halley's Comet, of new insights into organic synthesis in meteorites and comets, and of new results of numerical simulations of cometary orbits and impacts on Earth.

Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life,Paul J. Thomas,Christopher P. McKay,Christopher F. Chyba,Springer,0387946500,Astronomy - General,Comets,Cosmology,Exobiology,Life,Life Sciences - Ecology,Life Sciences - Evolution,Origin,Origin Of Life,Science,Science/Mathematics,Geophysics,Theoretical & mathematical astronomy

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