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Guidebook for systems applications in astrobiology / edited by Vera M. Kolb.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SERIES IN ASTROBIOLOGY.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Exobiology.
- Exobiology--Simulation methods.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 328 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Vera M. Kolb obtained degrees in chemical engineering and organic chemistry from Belgrade University, Serbia, and earned her PhD in organic chemistry from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, United States. Following a 30-year career, she is Professor Emerita of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin. During her first sabbatical leave with the NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training (NSCORT) in Astrobiology, she conducted research with Dr. Leslie Orgel at the Salk Institute and Prof. Stanley Miller at UC San Diego. Her second sabbatical was with Prof. Joseph Lambert at Northwestern University, where she studied sugar silicates and their potential astrobiological relevance. She is credited for authoring over 160 publications, in the fields of organic and medicinal chemistry, green chemistry, and astrobiology, including several books. Recently, she authored Green Organic Chemistry and Its Interdisciplinary Applications (CRC 2016). In the astrobiology field, she edited Astrobiology: An Evolutionary Approach (CRC 2015) and Handbook of Astrobiology (CRC 2019). She co-authored (with Benton C. Clark) Astrobiology for a General Reader: A Questions and Answers Approach (CSP 2020), and Systems Approach to Astrobiology (CRC 2023).
- Notes:
- Includes blibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 24, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 1003823661
- 9781003823667
- 9781003294276
- 1003294278
- 9781003823704
- 100382370X
- Publisher Number:
- 99995477108
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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