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Signs of life : a report based on the April 2000 workshop on life detection techniques / Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life--Origin.
- Life.
- Life on other planets.
- Space biology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (162 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A workshop to assess the science and technology of life detection techniques was organized by the Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life (COEL) of the Board on Life Sciences (BLS) and the Space Studies Board (SSB). Topics discussed in the workshop included the search for extraterrestrial life in situ and in the laboratory, extant life and the signature of extinct life, and determination of the point of origin (terrestrial or not) of detected organisms.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Preface
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- 1 Detection of Life
- 2 Sample Return
- 3 Detecting Extant Life
- 4 Detecting Extinct Life
- 5 Conclusions and Recommendations
- A Glossary and Acronyms
- B Workshop Agenda
- C Workshop Papers
- Session 1: Introduction to the Detection of Life
- HISTORY OF LIFE DETECTION APPROACHES
- NATURE OF BIOCHEMISTRY IN THE UNIVERSE
- CHANCE AND NECESSITY IN BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY: IS LIFE AS WE KNOW IT UNIVERSAL?
- SELF-ASSEMBLY PROCESSES: STEPS TOWARD LIFE'S ORIGINS
- DETECTING LIFE ON EXTRASOLAR PLANETS
- REFERENCES FOR PAPERS IN SESSION 1
- Session 2: Sample Return
- SAMPLE RETURN FROM PRIMITIVE BODIES
- MARS SAMPLE RETURN: LIFE DETECTION AT ALL LEVELS
- SEARCHING FOR LIFE ON EUROPA FROM A SPACECRAFT LANDER
- SAMPLE RETURN FROM TITAN FOR EXOBIOLOGY
- PLANETARY QUARANTINE
- REFERENCES FOR PAPERS IN SESSION 2
- Session 3: Detecting Extant Life
- X-RAY MICROSCOPY AND THE DETECTION OF LIFE
- CHARACTERIZING THE INTACT MICROBE-MINERAL INTERFACE
- SINGLE-POLYMER MODEL DETECTION USING NANOPORES
- EXTANT LIFE DETECTION USING STABLE ISOTOPES AND PROTEIN-CHIP TECHNOLOGY
- IRON BIOMINERALS AS BIOMARKERS
- TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETERS: MINIATURIZED INSTRUMENTS WITH A BIOLOGICAL MASS RANGE
- LIFE DETECTION USING MOLECULAR METHODS
- REFERENCES FOR PAPERS IN SESSION 3.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610209521
- 9780309170123
- 0309170125
- 9781280209529
- 1280209526
- 9780309509442
- 0309509440
- OCLC:
- 56119906
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