This
note covers the following topics: Life and its Requirements, Origin and
Evolution of Life, Observing Habitable Environments, Contemporary Environ
Issues, Endogenic Processes: Tectonics, Volcanos and Atmospheres, Evolution of
Early Earth, Comets, Meteors.
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.