Astrobiology and society: Building an interdisciplinary research community

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 958-965

  Race, Margaret ^a   Denning, Kathryn ^b   Bertka, Constance M ^c   Dick, Steven J ^d   Harrison, Albert A ^e   Impey, Christopher ^f   Mancinelli, Rocco ^g  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Science and Society Resources   (United States)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EXOBIOLOGY; FOCUS GROUPS; INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84867772273     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0723     Document Type: Article

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