Comets and the origin of life / Janaki Wickramasinghe, Chandra Wickramasinghe, William Napier.
| Author/creator | Wickramasinghe, Janaki |
| Other author | Wickramasinghe, Chandra, 1939- |
| Other author | Napier, Bill. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, |
| Description | ix, 221 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Overview -- Cosmic dust and life -- The origin of comets -- Comets in the galactic environment -- Dark comets: a link to panspermia -- Expulsion of microbes from the solar system -- Liquid water in comets -- Origin of life -- Expanding horizons of life. |
| General note | "The basic structure of the present book started as the PhD thesis of the principal author"--P. vi. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-211) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010287429 |
| ISBN | 9789812566355 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 981256635X (hbk.) |