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Note: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: The elements -- 1 Isotopes: weights and abundances -- 1.1 Introduction: nuclei and their behaviour -- 1.2 Atomic nuclei and binding energy, with some predictions on isotope abundances -- Mass, energy and binding energy -- Relationships between binding energy and atomic mass -- Odd, even and even-odd families -- Heavy elements and radioactive isotopes -- 1.3 Summary -- 2 Introduction to the Universe: the baryonic matter -- 3 Element and isotope abundances: reference collection -- 3.1 Hydrogen and helium and their special significance -- 3.2 Metal-poor stars: the most ancient matter of the Galaxy -- 3.3 Presolar grains -- 3.4 The solar system element and isotope abundances -- Environments, processes and behaviour of the elements: some phenomenology -- C1-meteorite, solar and terrestrial element and isotope abundances: a comparison -- Solar system elemental and isotope abundances -- Solar system sample of short-lived nuclides -- 3.5 Summary -- 4 Cosmological nucleosynthesis: production of H and He -- 4.1 The expanding Universe and the Big Bang hypothesis -- 4.2 Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) -- 4.3 The age of the Universe -- Distance-redshift relationship: Doppler effect and redshift -- Distance-redshift relationship: distances -- The Hubble parameter and the age of the Universe -- 4.4 Summary -- 5 Stellar nucleosynthesis: lower-mass stars and the s-process -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Formation of stars -- 5.3 Hydrogen and He burning and the evolution of a low-mass star -- Hydrogen burning -- Helium burning -- 5.4 Slow nucleosynthesis (s-process) -- What is meant by "slow"? -- Neutron sources -- S-process and non-s-process species -- Comparison of model-derived and observed s-process nuclide abundances. , Stellar B-decay enhancement: are the decay constants really constant and are the stable isotopes really stable? -- Branching: isotope abundance as a measure of neutron density in the s-process environment -- 5.5 Summary -- 6 Stellar nucleosynthesis: r- and associated processes -- 6.1 Introduction to rapid nucleosynthesis (r-process): what does "rapid" mean? -- 6.2 Evolution of massive stars -- 6.3 Core-collapse supernovae (SNe II) and rapid nucleosynthesis Supernovae type II (SNe II) -- Explosive nucleosynthesis: r-process and explosive burning -- Associated p-, y- and v- process -- Special significance of 56 Ni and 44 Ti: bright isotopic candles -- 6.4 SNe Ia: nucleosynthesis and luminosity -- 6.5 Summary -- 7 Timing of stellar nucleosynthesis -- 7.1 Cosmochronology from long-lived radioactive elements -- 7.2 The uranium isotopes: age and evolution of stellar nucleosynthesis -- 7.3 The age of stellar clusters: luminosity…temperature relationships -- 7.4 Summary -- 8 Chemical evolution of the Galaxy -- 8.1 Introduction: processes governing galactic chemical evolution -- 8.2 Milky Way evolution -- The [Fe/H]-age reference evolution -- The CNO elements -- Isotope compositions of CNO elements and Si: presolar grains and nucleosynthetic models -- Trace r- and s-process elements -- 8.3 The sources of short-lived radionuclides -- Generation of short-lived radionuclides in the circumstellar disk -- Generation of short-lived radionuclides in interstellar clouds (cloud core) -- Stellar sources for short-lived radionuclides -- 8.4 Milky Way evolution: models and results -- Introduction to modelling of galactic chemical evolution -- Some inferences from modelling -- 8.5 Summary -- Part II: Early solar system: nebula formation, evolution and lifetime -- 9 Introduction to the solar nebula -- 10 The primary solar system objects and related processes. , 10.1 Solar nebula: initial composition and early development -- Initial composition -- Early T Tauri stage: high-temperature processing -- Condensation -- 10.2 Calcium-aluminium inclusions -- Ca-Al-rich inclusions: introduction -- Ca-Al-rich inclusions: classification and compositions -- REE and trace-element abundances in Ca-Al-rich inclusions -- Stable-isotope fractionation -- Silica-isotope fractionation in CAI: a process of partial evaporation and recondensation -- 10.3 An "absolute" age for the earliest solar system objects -- General comments and requirements for absolute-age determinations -- The Gerling-Houtermans equation and the related Pb…Pb isochron systematics -- The Pb/Pb age of Ca-Al-rich inclusions (CAIs) -- 10.4 Short-lived nuclides: further evidence for early CAI formation -- Extinct nuclides and isochrons -- Extinct nuclides in CAIs: the earliest objects formed in the solar nebula -- 10.5 Oxygen isotopes in nebula objects: the CAI array -- 10.6 CAI formation: concluding remarks -- 11 Chondritic meteorites -- 11.1 Introduction to chondritic meteorites: compositions and taxonomy -- 11.2 Chondrules and matrix -- Chondrules and matrix: phenomenology -- Chondrules and matrix: products from the same nebula region -- The third actor: precursor material -- 11.3 Metamorphism and equilibration in chondrites -- 11.4 Highly volatile elements: hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen -- 11.5 Highly volatile elements: noble gases -- Introduction to the noble-gas family -- Solar noble gases and their occurrence in meteorites -- The heavy-noble-gas-enriched meteoritic component Q -- The heavy-noble-gas-enriched component, Q: a key to the pre-nebula environment? -- 11.6 Chondritic meteorites: time scales -- Formation time scales -- Processing time scales -- 11.7 Chondritic meteorites: formation processes. , A possible nebula environment for chondrite-forming processes -- Formation of chondrites: shock waves in a dusty nebula -- 11.8 Summary: chondritic meteorites and early evolution of the solar nebula -- 12 Highly processed meteorites -- 12.1 Introduction: non-chondritic meteorites and their relationships -- 12.2 Magmatic fractionation and trace-element partitioning -- Magmatic fractionation -- Magmatic fractionation: trace elements -- 12.3 Major and trace elements in non-chondritic meteorites -- Magmatic stony and iron meteorites from Vesta and its vicinity -- Howardites, eucrites and diogenites: major and trace elements -- Magmatic iron meteorites -- 12.4 The chronology of planetesimal processing -- The cosmochronology of Rb-Sr and the initial ratios -- The Pb/Pb chronometry of processed meteorites -- The Pd-Ag and Hf-W isotopic systematics in irons and achondrites -- The 53 Mn-53 Cr isotope systematics in achondrites -- Relationships between extinct and live chronometers -- 12.5 Formation of non-chondritic stony and iron meteorites: processes and time scales -- Loss of volatile species -- Core segregation -- Fractionation of silicate mantle and metal core -- 12.6 Summary: late nebular processes as recorded by non-chondritic meteorites -- 13 A summary of early solar system chronology -- Part III: Accretion of the Earth -- 14 Introduction to the planetary system, Earth and Moon -- 14.1 The solar system: the planets and satellites -- 14.2 A first look at the post-accretion Earth and Moon -- Physical aspects of the early Earth-Moon system -- Chemical aspects -- 15 Introduction to planetary accretion -- 15.1 Orderly growth -- 15.2 Runaway growth -- 15.3 Planet formation -- 16 Earth accretion: the giant impact(s) -- 16.1 Giant impacts: impactor mass and energy deposited -- 16.2 The post-impact Earth model. , 17 The post-accretion silicate Earth: comparison with meteorites -- 17.1 Introduction: principal reservoirs of the post-accretion Earth -- 17.2 The silicate Earth: ways of reconstruction -- 17.3 Major elements -- Fertile peridotites -- Peridotites and meteorites: a comparison -- 17.4 Trace elements -- Refractory trace elements -- Moderately volatile elements -- Highly volatile elements -- 17.5 Concept of a terrestrial magma ocean: the role of convection -- Terrestrial magma ocean: apparent contradiction of observations and models -- Convection in the present-day Earth's mantle -- Convection in the post-impact Earth -- 17.6 Summary -- 18 Core segregation -- 18.1 Introduction: siderophile elements in the silicate mantle and light elements in the core -- Siderophile-element abundance pattern in the Earth's mantle -- The simplest approach: a single-stage equilibrium model -- A light element in the core -- 18.2 Successful core-formation models -- Constraints from physical models -- Dynamic chemical model of the core-segregation process -- The partition coefficients -- Siderophile elements in the mantle during core segregation -- 18.3 Time constraints on terrestrial core segregation -- 19 Heavy "crust" on the top of the core -- 19.1 Introduction: geochemical indicators for the occurrence of an early-formed apparently isolated reservoir -- 19.2 Present-day status: the core-mantle transition zone -- 19.3 Early formation of the core-mantle transition -- 19.4 Summary: geochemical importance of the core-mantle transition zone -- 20 The early atmo-hydrosphere -- 20.1 Introduction -- 20.2 Noble-gas inventories and constraints on atmosphere evolution -- Light-noble-gas abundances: solar, mantle and atmospheric -- Initial and present-day Kr and Xe in the terrestrial and martian atmospheres -- Rates and time scales of Xe loss from the Earth-atmosphere system. , 20.3 Mechanisms for the loss of volatile elements from the planetary atmospheres.

Note: Evolution wohin? -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Evolution wohin? -- Kleines ABC der Evolutionstheorie -- Teil 1 Darwins Erbe -- Die Evolutionstheorie gestern und heute -- Darwin in seiner Zeit: Hintergrund der Evolutionstheorie -- 1. Einleitung -- 2. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) in seiner Zeit -- 3. Das Uhrwerk des Universums und das Argument from Design -- 4. Die Reise mit der Beagle -- 5. Das Geheimnis aller Geheimnisse -- 6. On the Origin of Species -- 7. Darwins Theorie -- 8. Die fünf Elemente der Theorie und ihre Rezeption -- 9. Erklärungskraft -- 10. Ausblick -- Der Ursprung der Arten 150 Jahre nach Darwin -- Teil 2 Vom selbstreplizierenden Molekül zur Kooperation -- Von der Aminosäure zum Altruismus -- Selbstreplizierende Moleküle und der Ursprung des Lebens: Evolution im Reagenzglas -- Momentaufnahmen aus der Erdgeschichte: Atmosphäre, Opportunismus und Evolution -- Zufall und Notwendigkeit - von der ersten Zelle bis zum Menschen -- Das Kernproblem der Evolutionstheorie: Kooperation und Altruismus -- Teil 3 Darwin oder Genesis -- Zwischen Glauben und naturwissenschaftlicher Erklärung -- Wider das kreationistische Gedankengut. Über Theorie und Wahrheit, Wissen und Nichtwissen, Feuerzeuge und Spione -- Die evolutionstheoretische Kritik am monotheistischen Schöpfungsmodell und die Weltentstehungsmythen anderer Religionen -- Schöpfung statt Evolution? Kreationismus, Intelligent Design und die christliche Schöpfungstheologie -- «Gott schuf den Menschen zu seinem Bilde» -Aspekte theologischer Anthropologie zwischen Evolutionsbiologie und Kreationismus -- Teil 4 Manipulierte Evolution -- Genetische Manipulation - Perfektionierung - Fiktion -- Beeinflusst die moderne Bio- und Gentechnologie die Evolution? -- Haben gefährliche Viren eine Rolle in der Evolution? -- Zur Evolution des Menschen: Von der DNA-Analyse zum Design?. , Dürfen wir die menschliche Psyche optimieren? - Zur Ethik des Neuro-Enhancement -- Darwins Büchse der Pandora -- Perfektionierung des Menschen - das Recht schweigt nicht -- Wenn Evolution schiefgeht. Science Fiction als Gegenerzählung zu Darwins Evolutionstheorie -- Verzeichnis der Autorinnen und Autoren -- Weitere Publikationen.