(2000) "ASTROPHYSICS AND META-TECHNICS"
Astrobiology: Origins from the Big-Bang to Civilisation
Ed. J. Chela-Flores, A. Lemarchand and J. Oró
Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers (6 págs.).
Traducción: Morella Lazzari

ISBN 0-7923-6587-9

PREFACE

GROUP PHOTOGRAPH

CONTENTS

A FEW WORDS OF WELCOME

GENERAL OVERVIEW
  Contemporary Radio Searches for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Frank Drake


SECTION 1.
 

INTRODUCTION TO ASTROBIOLOGY
Origins: From the Big-Bang to Civilisation
Julian Chela-Flores

Detectability of intelligent life in the universe: A search based in our knowledge of the laws of nature
Guillermo A. Lemarchand

Cosmos and cosmology
Héctor Rago

New developments in astronomy relevant to astrobiology
Sabatino Sofia


SECTION 2.
 
CHEMICAL EVOLUTION
Cosmochemical evolution and the origin of life on Earth
John Oró

Chemical evolution in the early Earth
Alicia Negrón-Mendoza and Sergio Ramos-
Bernal


Nitrogen fixation in planetary environments: A comparison between mildly reducing and neutral atmospheres
Rafael Navarro-González