The Chemical Evolution of Phosphorus: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Astrobiology

ISBN-13: 9781774634820 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 368 str.

Enrique Macia-Barber

Opis

The Chemical Evolution of Phosphorus: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Astrobiology is an exploration of “the phosphorus enigma.” The volume attempts to answer the questions How did phosphorus atoms, become concentrated in relatively high proportions in the organisms composing Earth’s biosphere?

Spis treści

1. The Phosphorus Enigma: An Overview  2. The Unfolding Universe  3. Cosmic Distribution of the Main Biogenic Elements  4. Physical and Chemical Properties of Phosphorus Compounds  5. The Nucleosynthesis of Phosphorus  6. From Stellar Atmospheres to the Interstellar Medium and Back Again  7. Phosphorus Compounds in Planetary Systems  8. Prebiotic Chemical Evolution and the Phosphate Problem  9. Phosphorus Technology: Man Made Compounds  10. Outlook and Perspectives

O autorze

Enrique Maciá-Barber, PhD, is currently a professor of condensed matter physics at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. His research interests include the thermoelectric properties of quasicrystals and DNA biophysics. He is author of several monographs and books, including Aperiodic Structures in Condensed Matter: Fundamentals and Applications (CRC Press) and Thermoelectric Materials: Fundamentals and Applications (Pan Stanford). Dr. Maciá-Barber holds a PhD in Physical Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid, where he was the winner of the Extraordinary Doctorate Award for his thesis on Elementary Excitations in Aperiodics Systems.