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Astrobiology
Understanding Life in the Universe
Second Edition
CHARLES S. COCKELL
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, UK
This edition first published 2020
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Names: Cockell, Charles, author.
Title: Astrobiology : understanding life in the universe / Charles S. Cockell, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Description: 2nd edition. | Hoboken : Wiley-Blackwell, 2020. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019051498 (print) | LCCN 2019051499 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119550358 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119550303 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119550396 (epub)
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Acknowledgments
This textbook has been enormous fun to write and a pleasure to update. It could not have been done without help from many people. I am grateful to colleagues for reading chapters and providing general and specific feedback on their content, readability, and style. I am particularly grateful to those whom I acknowledged in the first edition of the textbook, the edition from which this version has been built. I would also like to acknowledge the thoughtful and very helpful review comments of Ania Losiak, Rosa Santomartino, Annemiek Waajen, Stewart Gault, Rosie