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Origins of Life - Musings from Nuclear Physics, Astrophysics and Astrobiology

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This book focuses on the first two steps of this process with chapters exploring topics such as chemical element abundances; galaxies, galactic magnetic fields and cosmic rays; galactic chemical evolution.


List of contents










Contents
Preface...................................................................................................xi
Introduction....................................................................................... xiii
Author..................................................................................................xxi
1 Chemical Elements Abundances
2 Galaxies, Galactic Magnetic Fields and Cosmic Rays
3 Galactic Chemical Evolution
4 Living Matter
5 Time and Place of the Origin of Life
6 Multiverse Cosmological Models and Anthropic Principle
7 Open Problems ¿ Laboratory Experiments
Index................................................................................................... 389


About the author










Dr. Vladivoj (Vlado) Valkovic, a retired professor of physics, is a fellow of the American
Physical Society and Institute of Physics (London). He has authored 22 books (from Trace
Elements (Taylor & Francis, Ltd., 1975) to Radioactivity in the Environment (Elsevier, 1st
Edition 2001, 2nd Edition, 2019)) and more than 400 scientific and technical papers in the
research areas of nuclear physics and applications of nuclear techniques to trace element
analysis in biology, medicine and environmental research. He has lifelong experience in
the study of nuclear reactions induced by 14 MeV neutrons. This research has been done
through coordination and works on many national and international projects, including
US-Croatia bilateral, NATO, IAEA, EU-FP5, EU-FP6 and EU-FP7 projects.
He had worked as a professor of physics at Rice University, Houston, Texas; as a Head
of Physics-Chemistry-Instrumentation Laboratory at IAEA, Vienna, Austria; and as
Laboratory head and scientific advisor at the Rüer Boškovi¿ Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.


Summary

This book focuses on the first two steps of this process with chapters exploring topics such as chemical element abundances; galaxies, galactic magnetic fields and cosmic rays; galactic chemical evolution.

Product details

Authors Vlado Valkovic, Valkovic Vlado
Publisher Taylor and Francis
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 07.10.2024
 
EAN 9781032019741
ISBN 978-1-032-01974-1
No. of pages 400
Weight 453 g
Illustrations schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, farbige Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Zeichnungen, farbig, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous

Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Evolution / Evolutionary biology

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