Planetary Habitability (AAS-IOP Astronomy) - Hardcover

Kane, Stephen R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750321180 ISBN 13: 9780750321181

Verlag: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

Planetary habitability is a vast inter-disciplinary undertaking that combines planetary science, climate science, and stellar astrophysics. This book summarizes the main processes that influence the energy balance of planetary surface environments and control the sustainability of temperate conditions.

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Stephen R. Kane is a Professor of Planetary Astrophysics at the University of California, Riverside. His work covers a broad range of topics related to planetary astrophysics and he has discovered and co-discovered hundreds of planets orbiting other stars. He is a leading expert on the topic of planetary habitability, the habitable zone of planetary systems, and the study of why Venus and Earth underwent divergent evolutions. He is a prominent scientific leader for several NASA missions designed to search for life in the universe. He is also a prolific advocate of interdisciplinarity science through the combination of biology, climate science, geophysics, planetary science, and stellar astrophysics.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0750321180
• ISBN 13: 9780750321181
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 200
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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