This interactive course note
is designed to give you an introduction to Astrobiology that you can work
through at your own pace and return to at any time. It consists of four units
covering topics such as life, DNA, evolution, and our solar system.
This book addresses
important current and historical topics in astrobiology and the search for life
beyond Earth, including the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
This book presents results from several projects in the new field of computational
astrobiology, which is devoted to advancing our understanding of the origin,
evolution and distribution of life in the Universe using theoretical and
computational tools.