Life in the Universe Expectations and Constraints - Schulze-Makuch, Dirk.; Irwin, Louis Neal.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
Definition of Life -- Origin of Life -- Lessons from the History of Life on Earth -- Energy Sources and Life -- Building Blocks of Life -- Life and the Need for a Solvent -- Habitats of Life -- Ideas of Exotic Forms of Life -- The Future and Fate of Living Systems -- Signatures of Life -- Life Detection-Past and Present -- Optimizing Space Exploration.
Keywords: Life sciences; Geology; Geobiology; Astrobiology; Biochemistry; Space sciences; Life Sciences, general; Geology; Biogeosciences; Astrobiology; Biochemistry, general; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).