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ASTROBIOLOGY
ORIGINS FROM THE BIG-BANG TO CIVILISATION PROCEEDINGS OF THE IBEROAMERICAN SCHOOL OF ASTROBIOLOGY CARACAS, VENEZUELA, 28 NOVEMBER- 8 DECEMBER, 1999' |
| By: |
Julian Chela-Flores (Editor), Guillermo A. Lemarchand (Editor), John Oro (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
9401058652 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789401058650 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER |
| Pub. date: |
9 November, 2012 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000 |
| Pages: |
362 |
| Synopsis: |
The proposal of the School was made in 1998 to three institutions, which responded enthusiastically: The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), its main co-sponsor, the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, both in Trieste, Italy, and the Chancellor's Office, Universidad Simon Bolfvar (USB). The secretarial and logistic support was provided in Trieste by the ICTP and in Caracas by USB and the IDEA Convention Center. In addition the event was generously supported by the following institutes, agencies, foundations and academies: NASA Headquarters, European Space Agency, TALVEN Programme, (Delegacion Permanente de Venezuela ante la UNESCO), The SETI Institute, Centro Latinoamericano .de Ffsica, The Third World Academy of Sciences, Academia de Ciencias Ffsicas, Matematicas y Naturales, Red Latinoamericana de Biologfa, The Planetary Society, The Latin American Academy of Sciences (Fondo ACAL), Alberto Vollmer Foundation, Inc, Fundacion J. Oro, Associated to the Catalonian Research Foundation, Red Latinoamericana de Astronomfa and Colegio Emil Friedman.A total of 36 lectures were delivered by 20 lecturers, of which 14 were from the following countries: Argentina, Mexico, Italy, Spain and the USA. Six lecturers were from the host country. In addition there were 5 chairpersons from the host country that were not participants; two participants acted as chairpersons (Pedro Benitez and Tomas Revilla). |
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biography |
| Publication: |
Netherlands |
| Imprint: |
Springer |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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