Habitability of the Universe before Earth

<p>Preface: Life as a Cosmic Phenomenon</p> <p>Part I: Physical and Chemical Constraints<br>1. Gravity and life <br>2. Radiation as a constraint for life in the universe<br>3. The when and where of water in the history of the universe<br>4. The cosmic evolution of biochemistry<br>5. Astrophysical and cosmological constraints on life<br>6. Primitive carbon: Before Earth and much before any life on it</p> <p>Part II: Predicting Habitability<br>7. The habitability of our evolving galaxy<br>8. N-body simulations and galactic habitability<br>9. Occupied and empty regions of the space of extremophile parameters<br>10. The emergence of structured, living and conscious matter in the evolution of the universe: A theory of structural evolution and interaction of matter</p> <p>Part III: Life in the Cosmic Scale<br>11. Life before Earth<br>12. Earth before life<br>13. The time-dependent Drake equation<br>14. Are we the first? 10 billion years of evolution before Earth<br>15. Life before its origin on Earth: Implications of a late emergence of terrestrial life </p> <p>Part IV: System Properties of Life<br>16. Symbiosis: Why was the transition from microbial prokaryotes to eukaryotic organisms a cosmic gigayear event?<br>17. Coenzyme world model of the origin of life<br>18. Emergence of polygonal shapes in oil droplets and living cells: The potential role of tensegrity in the origin of life<br>19. Why on theoretical grounds it may be likely that ‘life’ exists throughout the universe</p>