地球生物学入門 Introduction to Geobiology (Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment)

Noffke, Nora

Springer Nature（2022/01発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 175 p.
• 商品コード 9783642250613

Full Description

This book is an introductory overview on a rapidly evolving scientific discipline of Geobiology. It studies Earth from both geological and biological perspective. This book covers the many facets of this research field, and underlines its potential for the exploration of the definition of life, the co-evolution of life and Earth, the appreciation of global environmental problems, and the detection of life in the universe. The book serves the advanced reader as compass for future studies, and as guideline for instruction.

Contents

Definition of Life.- Early Worlds of Earth.- Earth's Rocks ChangeSignificance of Biominerals.- The Breath of Earth: The First Multicellular Organisms.- Life as Architect: The Invention of Shells.- Rise and Decline of Superorganisms.- Shaping Earth for Human Habitation.- Biotechnology: Blessing or Curse?.- Universal Life.