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Books Related to Astrobiology
- List organized by publication year, with year group listings alphabetical by first author's last name.
- Items listed here do NOT include conference proceedings, journal articles, or journal supplement publications.
- Books were selected for their relationship to astrobiology, providing an introduction for a general audience. They are suitable for teachers and provide background support for scientists in astrobiology's various subjects.
- Many of these books include references to more technical, related literature.
- ** = Collection of content by various authors (with editor), though NOT a conference proceeding.
2009 (3)Title Exploring the Origin, Extent, and Future of Life: Philosophical, Ethical and Theological Perspectives Author Constance Bertka Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 2009
Title Astrobiology of Earth: Emergence, Evolution and Future of Life on a Planet in Turmoil Author Joseph Gale Publisher Oxford University Press Year 2009
Title Life in Space: Astrobiology for Everyone Author Lucas John Mix Publisher Harvard University Press Year 2009
2008 (4)Title Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago Author Douglas Erwin Publisher Princeton University Press Year 2008
Title Astrobiology - The Integrated Science Curriculum Author Harold Geller Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller e.K. Year 2008
Title Extrasolar Planets and Astrobiology Author Caleb Scharf Publisher University Science Books Year 2008
Title Under a Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future Author Peter Ward Publisher Collins Year 2008
2007 (5)Title Life in Extreme Environments Author Ricardo Amils, Cynan Ellis-Evans, and Helmut G. Hinghofer-Szalkay Publisher Springer Year 2007
Title Life in the Universe: A Beginner's Guide Author Lewis Dartnell Publisher Oneworld Publications Year 2007
Title Complete Course in Astrobiology Author Gerda Horneck and Petra Rettberg Publisher Wiley-VCH Year 2007
Title Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life Author Ralph Pudritz, Paul Higgs, and Jonathon Stone (editors) Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 2007
Title Life as We Do Not Know It: The NASA Search for (and Synthesis of) Alien Life Author Peter Ward Publisher Penguin Year 2007
2005 (2)Title Introduction to Organic Geochemistry (2nd edition) Author Stephen Killops, Vanessa Killops Publisher Blackwell Publishers Year 2005
Title Astrobiology: A Multidisciplinary Approach Author Jonathan I. Lunine Publisher Pearson/Addison Wesley Year 2005
2004 (10)Title Faint Echoes, Distant Stars: The Science and Politics of Finding Life Beyond Earth Author Ben Bova Publisher Morrow Year 2004
Title The Living Universe: NASA and the Development of Astrobiology Author Steven J. Dick, James E. Strick Publisher Rutgers University Press Year 2004
Title **An Introduction to Astrobiology Author Iain Gilmour, Mark A. Sephton (editors) Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 2004
Title Mars: A Warmer Wetter Planet Author Jeffrey S. Kargel Publisher Springer-Praxis Year 2004
Title Between Necessity and Probability: Searching for the Definition and Origin of Life Author Radu Popa Publisher Springer Year 2004
Title Life in the Universe: Expectations and Constraints Author Dirk Schulze-Makuch Publisher Springer Year 2004
Title **Origins: Genesis, Evolution and Diversity of Life Author J. Seckbach Publisher Springer/Kluwer Year 2004
Title Are We Alone? Finding Life in the Milky Way Galaxy Author Gloria Skurzynski Publisher National Geographic Year 2004 Additional Information [Selected “Best Book” by National Science Teachers Association] [Reading level: Grades 9-12]
Title Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution Author Neil deGrasse Tyson, Donald Goldsmith Publisher W.W. Norton & Company Year 2004
Title Gorgon: Paleontology, Obsession, and the Greatest Catastrophe in Earth's History Author Peter Ward Publisher Viking Year 2004
2003 (12)Title Life in the Universe Author Jeffrey Bennett, Seth Shostak, Bruce Jakosky Publisher Addison Wesley Year 2003
Title When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time Author Michael Benton Publisher Thames & Hudson Year 2003
Title Impossible Extinction: Natural Catastrophes and the Supremacy of the Microbial World Author Charles Cockell Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 2003
Title Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy of Alien Life Author David Grinspoon Publisher Ecco (Harper Collins) Year 2003
Title A Traveler's Guide to Mars: The Mysterious Landscapes of the Red Planet Author William K. Hartmann Publisher Workman Publishing Year 2003
Title Life on a Young Planet: The First Three Billion Years of Evolution on Earth Author Andrew H. Knoll Publisher Princeton University Press Year 2003
Title Life’s Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe Author Simon C. Morris Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 2003
Title Life in the Universe Activities Manual Author Edward Prather, Erika Offerdahl, Tim Slater Publisher Addison-Wesley Year 2003 Additional Information [Student activities to accompany this text: Jeffrey Bennett, Seth Shostak, Bruce Jakosky. Life in the Universe. Addison Wesley (2003)]
Title Cosmic Company: The Search for Life in the Universe Author Seth Shostak Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 2003
Title Snowball Earth: The Story of the Great Global Catastrophe That Spawned Life As We Know It Author Gabrielle Walker Publisher Crown Year 2003
Title Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe Author Peter Ward, Donald Brownlee Publisher Copernicus Year 2003
Title The Life and Death of Planet Earth: How the New Science of Astrobiology Charts the Ultimate Fate of Our World Author Peter Ward, Donald Brownlee Publisher Henry Holt Year 2003
2002 (10)Title Molecular Biology of the Cell (4th edition) Author Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts & Peter Walter Publisher Garland Publishing Year 2002 Additional Information Available FREE to all: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowTOC&rid=mboc4.TOC&depth=10
Title Life Evolving: Molecules, Mind, and Meaning Author Christian deDuve Publisher Oxford University Press Year 2002
Title Origin and Early Evolution of Life Author Tom Fenchel Publisher Oxford University Press Year 2002
Title The Search for Life in the Universe (3rd edition) Author Donald Goldsmith, Tobias Owen Publisher University Science Year 2002
Title **Astrobiology: The Quest for the Conditions of Life Author Gerda Horneck, Christa Baumstark-Khan (editors) Publisher Springer Year 2002
Title **Alone? A Discovery Sourcebook for Astrobiology Author International Space University Summer Session Students Publisher International Space University Year 2002 Additional Information Executive Summary: http://www.hi-star.org/dpcdrom/Alone/ES/Alone_Exec_Summary.pdf
Full Document: http://www.hi-star.org/dpcdrom/Alone/REP/Astrobiology.pdf
Title The Emergence of Everything: How the World Became Complex Author Harold J. Morowitz Publisher Oxford University Press Year 2002
Title Microbial Life Author Jerome J. Perry, James T. Staley, Stephen Lory Publisher Sinauer Associates Year 2002
Title **Life’s Origin: The Beginnings of Biological Evolution Author J. William Schopf Publisher University of California Press Year 2002
Title If the Universe is Teeming with Aliens -- Where is Everybody? Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life Author Stephen Webb Publisher Copernicus Year 2002
2001 (7)Title Paleobiology II Author Derek E.G. Briggs, Peter R. Crowther Publisher Blackwell Publishers Year 2001
Title The New Science of Astrobiology: From Genesis of the Living Cell to Evolution of Intelligence Author Julian Chela-Flores Publisher Springer Year 2001
Title Life Everywhere: The Maverick Science of Astrobiology Author David Darling Publisher Basic Books Year 2001
Title Astrobiology Author Monica Grady Publisher Smithsonian Year 2001
Title Mysteries of Terra Firma: The Age and Evolution of the World Author James Lawrence Powell Publisher Free Press Year 2001
Title **Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Universe Author Martin Rees (editor), Ian Ridpath (foreward) Publisher Watson-Guptill Publications Year 2001
Title The Spark of Life: Darwin and the Primeval Soup Author Christopher Wills, Jeffrey Bada Publisher Perseus Publishing Year 2001
2000 (6)Title Life on Other Worlds and How to Find It Author Stuart Clark Publisher Springer-Praxis Year 2000
Title **The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia: An Alphabetical Reference to All Life in the Universe Author David Darling Publisher Three Rivers Year 2000
Title Here be Dragons: The Scientific Quest for Extraterrestrial Life Author David Koerner, Simon Levay Publisher Oxford University Press Year 2000
Title Journey to Diverse Microbial Worlds: Adaptation to Exotic Environments Author Joseph Seckbach Publisher Kluwer Academic Year 2000
Title Rivers in Time: The Search for Clues to Earth's Mass Extinctions Author Peter Ward Publisher Columbia Year 2000
Title Origins of Life on the Earth and in the Cosmos (2nd Edition) Author Geoffrey L. Zubay Publisher Harcourt Year 2000
1999 (11)Title Captured by Aliens: The Search for Life and Truth in a Very Large Universe Author Joel Achenbach Publisher Simon & Schuster Year 1999
Title Aliens: Can We Make Contact with Extraterrestrial Intelligence? Author Andrew J.H. Clark and David H. Clark Publisher Fromm International Year 1999
Title The Fifth Miracle: The Search for the Origin and Meaning of Life Author Paul C.W. Davies Publisher Simon & Schuster Year 1999
Title The Biological Universe: The Twentieth-Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate and the Limits of Science Author Steven J. Dick Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1999
Title Origins of Life (2nd edition) Author Freeman Dyson Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1999
Title The End of the Dinosaurs: Chicxulub Crater and Mass Extinctions Author Charles Frankel Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1999
Title Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World Author Jonathan I. Lunine Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1999
Title Cradle of Life: The Discovery of Earth’s Oldest Fossils Author J. William Schopf Publisher Princeton University Press Year 1999
Title Planetary Dreams: The Quest to Discover Life Beyond Earth Author Robert Shapiro Publisher Wiley Year 1999
Title Dark Life: Martian Nanobacteria, Rock-Eating Cave Bugs, and Other Extreme Organisms of Inner Earth and Outer Space Author Michael Ray Taylor Publisher Scribner Year 1999
Title The Search for Life on Mars Author Malcolm Walter Publisher Perseus Books Year 1999
1998 (10)Title The Exploration of Mars: Searching for the Cosmic Origins of Life Author Piers Bizony Publisher Aurum Press Year 1998
Title Looking for Earths: The Race to Find New Solar Systems Author Alan Boss Publisher Wiley Year 1998
Title The Molecular Origins of Life: Assembling Pieces of the Puzzle Author Andre Brack Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1998
Title Life on Other Worlds: The 20th Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate Author Steven J. Dick Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1998
Title The Hunt for Life on Mars (Including New Epilogue) Author Donald Goldsmith Publisher Plume Books Year 1998
Title Life on the Edge: Amazing Creatures Thriving in Extreme Environments Author Michael Gross Publisher Plenum Year 1998
Title The Search for Life on Other Planets Author Bruce Jakosky Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1998
Title Alien Life: The Search for Extraterrestrials and Beyond Author Barry Parker Publisher Plenum Year 1998
Title Night Comes to the Cretaceous Author James Lawrence Powell Publisher Freeman Year 1998
Title Sharing the Universe: Perspectives on Extraterrestrial Life Author Seth Shostak Publisher Berkeley Hills Year 1998
1997 (6)Title T. Rex and the Crater of Doom Author Walter Alvarez Publisher Princeton University Press Year 1997
Title Planet Quest: The Epic Discovery of Alien Solar Systems Author Ken Croswell Publisher Free Press Books Year 1997
Title Worlds Unnumbered: The Search for Extrasolar Planets Author Donald Goldsmith Publisher University Science Books Year 1997
Title Extraterrestrial Intelligence (2nd edition) Author Jean Heidmann Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1997
Title Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Evolution from Our Microbial Ancestors Author Lynn Margulis, Dorian Sagan, Thomas Lewis Publisher University of California Press Year 1997
Title Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life Author Paul Thomas, Chris Chyba, Chris McKay (editors) Publisher Springer Year 1997 Additional Information (New edition pending)
1995 (3)Title Are We Alone? Philosophical Implications of the Discovery of Extraterrestrial Life Author Paul C.W. Davies Publisher Basic Books Year 1995
Title Vital Dust: Life as a Cosmic Imperative Author Christian deDuve Publisher Basic Books Year 1995
Title At Home in the Universe: The Search for Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity Author Stuart Kauffman Publisher Oxford University Press Year 1995
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