{"product_id":"guidebook-for-systems-applications-in-astrobiology-hardback","title":"Guidebook for Systems Applications in Astrobiology - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book addresses the timely subject of systems applications in astrobiology. It demonstrates how astrobiology – a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary field of science – can benefit from adopting the systems approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAstrobiology draws upon its founding sciences, such as astronomy, physics, chemistry, biochemistry, geology, and planetary sciences. However, astrobiologists can encounter difficulties working across these fields. The systems approach, we believe, is the best contemporary approach to consider astrobiology holistically. The approach is currently used in other fields, such as engineering, which uses systems analysis routinely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuch an approach needs to be learned, both in principle and through examples, from the field. This book features chapters from experts across the field of astrobiology who have applied the systems approach. It will be a valuable guide for astrobiology students at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels, in addition to researchers in the field, both in academia and the space industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a unique and novel approach to studying and understanding astrobiology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eEncourages astrobiologists to apply a holistic systems approach to their work, rather than being bogged down in details\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eImparts practical knowledge to readers which can be adopted in different research and job opportunities in the field of astrobiology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eVera M. Kolb obtained degrees in chemical engineering and organic chemistry from Belgrade University, Serbia, and earned her PhD in organic chemistry from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, United States. Following a 30-year career, she is Professor Emerita of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin. During her first sabbatical leave with the NASA Specialized Center of Research and Training (NSCORT) in Astrobiology, she conducted research with Dr. Leslie Orgel at the Salk Institute and Prof. Stanley Miller at UC San Diego. Her second sabbatical was with Prof. Joseph Lambert at Northwestern University, where she studied sugar silicates and their potential astrobiological relevance. She is credited for authoring over 160 publications, in the fields of organic and medicinal chemistry, green chemistry, and astrobiology, including several books. Recently, she authored \u003cem\u003eGreen Organic Chemistry and Its Interdisciplinary Applications\u003c\/em\u003e (CRC 2016). In the astrobiology field, she edited \u003cem\u003eAstrobiology: An Evolutionary Approach\u003c\/em\u003e (CRC 2015) and \u003cem\u003eHandbook of Astrobiology\u003c\/em\u003e (CRC 2019). She co-authored (with Benton C. Clark) \u003cem\u003eAstrobiology for a General Reader: A Questions and Answers Approach\u003c\/em\u003e (CSP 2020) and \u003cem\u003eSystems Approach to Astrobiology\u003c\/em\u003e (CRC 2023).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45547554144494,"sku":"9781032278216","price":176.8,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/guidebook-for-systems-applications-in-astrobiology-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}