Current Aspects of Exobiology

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Pages vii-x, GREGG MAMIKUNIAN
REFERENCES, Page xi
INTRODUCTION: WHY EXOBIOLOGY?, Pages 1-12, J.R. VALLENTYNE
CHAPTER I - INVESTIGATION OF ORGANO-CHEMICAL EVOLUTION, Pages 13-76, J.J. ORÓ
CHAPTER II - ORGANIC REMAINS IN METEORITES, Pages 77-92, F.L. STAPLIN
CHAPTER III - MICROORGANISMS OF MIDDLE PRECAMBRIAN AGE FROM THE ANIMIKIE SERIES, ONTARIO, CANADA, Pages 93-118, E.S. BARGHOORN, S.A. TYLER
CHAPTER IV - THE SURVIVAL CAPABILITIES AND THE PERFORMANCE OF EARTH ORGANISMS IN SIMULATED EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS, Pages 119-178, S.M. SIEGEL, G. RENWICK, O. DALY, C. GIUMARRO, G. DAVIS, L. HALPERN
CHAPTER V - THE POSSIBILITY OF A PRIMORDIAL LUNAR LIFE, Pages 179-241, J.J. GILVARRY
CHAPTER VI - POSSIBILITIES OF LIFE ON MARS, Pages 243-259, F. JACKSON, P. MOORE
CHAPTER VII - LIFE-DETECTION EXPERIMENTS, Pages 261-281, G.L. HOBBY
CHAPTER VIII - BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION OF THE PLANETS, Pages 283-322, P.J. GEIGER, L.D. JAFFE, G. MAMIKUNIAN
CHAPTER IX - THE RADIO SEARCH FOR INTELLIGENT EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE, Pages 323-345, F.D. DRAKE
CHAPTER X - TRENDS AND PROBLEMS IN EXOBIOLOGY, Pages 347-358, M.H. BRIGGS, G. MAMIKUNIAN
BIBLIOGRAPHY, Pages 359-420