Creating a cosmic discipline: The crystallization and consolidation of exobiology, 1957-1973

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-180

  Strick, James E ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiogenesis; Archaea; Astrobiology; Discipline formation; Endosymbiosis; Exobiology; Extraterrestrial life; Microspheres; NASA; Origin of life; Planetary science; Proteinoids

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA;

EID: 1842428187     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HIST.0000020279.73895.f2     Document Type: Review

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