Astrochemistry - 2nd Edition by Andrew M Shaw (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"There are many reasons to update a textbook, the most important of which is that it gets out of date and at its core it should be research-led. Astrochemistry and Astrobiology have advanced significantly as fields driven by some truly remarkable planetary exploration science and astronomy. The Cassini-Huygens mission to the Saturnian moon Titan, hinted at in the first edition, sent data with extraordinary detail that I could not resist an extended review of this hydrocarbon world. Similarly, the Mars rovers have now explored 31.81 miles on the Martian surface (Spirit 4.80 miles and Opportunity 27.04 miles) at a sedate 12 miles per hour digging up some interesting finds and consequences. We have also flown by Pluto for the first time with the closest approach on July 14th 2015 - changing Pluto from a 4 pixel-world on the Hubble Space Telescope to a mysterious non-planet. Visits to asteroids, revisiting Mercury, the discovery of the Higgs boson, landing on a comet, the increased energy of the Large Hadron Collider, dark matter, Martian meteorites - a massively impressive list that is a tribute to human endeavour and raw curiosity. It's important to track down these stories and I have now referenced them throughout the book; not exhaustive of course"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A fully revised new edition of an introductory text to the dynamic and </b><b>fascinating subject of astrochemistry</b></p> <p>Since the first edition in 2006 of <i>Astrochemistry</i>, the Mars rovers have driven 31.18 miles, there has been fly-by of Pluto changing it from a 4-pixel world on the Hubble Space Telescope into a mysterious non-planet. There have been visits to asteroids, revisiting Mercury, discovery of the Higgs Boson, discovery of over 2000 extrasolar planets and landing on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by Rosetta mission - hence the timely publication of this new edition. </p> <p>This core textbook now includes more detailed information on the kinetic modelling of chemistry in the interstellar medium, extending the same principles of physical chemistry to meteor ablation and finally atmospheres and oceans. The increase in density from near-emptiness to 1<i>.</i>35 × 1021 L of water in the world's oceans is used to take single collision kinetics into ensemble thermodynamics. A new introduction of thermodynamic using meteor ablation replaces traditional bomb calorimetry and per-biotic chemistry leads to spontaneous reactions. </p> <p>New to the second edition: </p> <ul> An extended discussion on matter, dark or otherwise, interstellar and stellar chemistry and the origin of pre-biotic molecules </li> Detailed chemical kinetic models for mechanisms of chemistry in the interstellar medium </li> Origins of life in solution, enzyme kinetics and catalysis </li> A review of Mars and Titan as habitats for life </li> Fully referenced throughout to reflect the research frontier </li> An introduction to the idea of analytical mathematical engines that can do all of the heavy mathematics and fostering the skill of setting up a model and testing it </li> 200 problems with detailed solutions </li> </ul> <p>Written for undergraduate and postgraduate students in astrochemistry or more generally physical chemistry, the new edition of <i>Astrochemistry</i> is an important introductory text to the topic, the latest developments in the field and the ubiquity of physical chemistry.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><b>A fully revised new edition of an introductory text to the dynamic and fascinating subject of astrochemistry </b></p> <p>Since the first edition in 2006 of <i>Astrochemistry, </i> the Mars rovers have driven 31.18 miles, there has been a fly-by of Pluto changing it from a 4-pixel world on the Hubble Space Telescope into a mysterious non-planet. There have been visits to asteroids, revisiting Mercury, discovery of the Higgs Boson, discovery of over 4000 extrasolar planets and landing on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by the Rosetta mission - hence the timely publication of this new edition. <p>This core textbook now includes more detailed information on the kinetic modelling of chemistry in the interstellar medium, extending the same principles of physical chemistry to meteor ablation and finally atmospheres and oceans. The increase in density from 1 molecule cm-3 in the interstellar medium to 1022 molecules cm-3 in the oceans of the Earth is used to take single-collision kinetics into ensemble thermodynamics. A new introduction to thermodynamics using meteor ablation replaces traditional bomb calorimetry and pre-biotic chemistry introduces spontaneous reactions. <p>New to the second edition: <ul><li>An extended discussion on matter, dark or otherwise, interstellar and stellar chemistry and the origin of pre-biotic molecules </li> <li>Detailed chemical kinetic models for mechanisms of chemistry in the interstellar medium </li> <li>Origins of life in solution, enzyme kinetics and catalysis </li> <li>A review of Mars and Titan as habitats for life </li> <li>Fully referenced throughout to reflect the research frontier</li> <li>An introduction to the idea of analytical mathematical engines that can do all of the heavy mathematics and fostering the skill of setting up a model and testing it. </li> <li>200 problems with detailed solutions</li></ul> <p>Written for undergraduate and postgraduate students in astrochemistry or more generally physical chemistry, the new edition of <i>Astrochemistry</i> is an important introductory text to the topic, the latest developments in the field and the ubiquity of physical chemistry.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Andrew M. Shaw, PhD, </b> is Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Exeter, UK. Professor Shaw's research concentrates on quantitative descriptions of physical chemistry interpreted with fully mechanistic mathematical models.</p>
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