Astrochemistry astrobiology

Jolley C, Douglas T (2012) Topological signatures large-scale structure of chemical networks from biology and astrochemistry. Astrobiology 12 29-39... 

Chemistry without numbers is poetry astrochemistry without numbers is myth. A molecule placed around a star, in a nebula, lost in the interstellar medium, on a planet or within a cell has the potential for very complex and beautiful chemistry but unless we can understand the local conditions and how the molecule interacts with them we have no idea what chemistry is really happening. To understand astrochemistry we need to understand the physical conditions that occur within many diverse molecular environments. The exploration of the molecular universe will take us on a long journey through the wonders of astronomy to the new ideas of astrobiology... 

Astrochemistry from astronomy to astrobiology. Andrew M. Shaw 2006 John Wiley Sons, Ltd... 

Allamandola, L.J., and Hudgins, D.M. 2003. From interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and ice to astrobiology. In Proceedings of the NATO ASI, Solid State Astrochemistry (V. Pirronello and J. Krelowski, eds.). Kluwer, Dordrecht. 

Shaw A., Astrochemistry From Astronomy to Astrobiology, John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 2006. Chela-Flores J., The New Science of Astrobiology From Genesis of the Living Cell to Evolution of Intelligent Behaviour in the universe, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004. 

I.W.M. Smith et al. (eds.), Astrochemistry and Astrobiology, Physical Chemistry in Action, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-31730-9 l, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013... 

In this chapter, I have sought to introduce some of those topics in physical chemistry which are especially relevant when considering areas of astrobiology and astrochemistry. In the next eight chapters of this book, some of these astro-topics are discussed in some detail, with emphasis being placed on the physico-... 

Abstract This chapter is conceived as a brief exposition of the content of the previous nine chapters, a commentary on them and added material, with the intent to enlarge reflection on the general theme, Physical Chemistry in Action. It can be considered as a guide to the book and, in its attempt to be syncretic, perhaps as a guide to the perplexed, confronted with the separate domains of physical chemistry, astrochemistry and astrobiology. 

The related subjects of Astrochemistry and Astrobiology are in an era of explosive growth. Both are strongly multidiscipUnaiy thus, contributions to, and discussions of, these subjects involve scientists who might primarily describe themselves as astronomers, chemists, physicists, astrophysicists, molecular biologists, evolutimi-ary biologists, etc. Proposed phenomena in both areas must be consistent with universal physico-chemical principles. A major purpose of this volume is to outline these physico-chemical principles and describe how they underpin our efforts to understand astrochemistry and to make predictions in astrobiology. 

The Chemical Evolution of the Interstellar Medium From Astrochemistry to Astrobiology. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 

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