<p>Foreword; Joseph Seckbach<br>Preface; Hagai Netzer<br>Introduction; Jean-Pierre de Vera<br>List of Authors and Their Addresses<br>Acknowledgements; Jean-Pierre de Vera and Joseph Seckbach<br>Part 1: PARAMETERS FOR HABITABILITY, HABITABLE ZONES AND LIFE: ENERGY, LIQUID SOLVENT, INFORMATION<br>The Habitable Zone: Basic Concepts; Stephen Kane<br>Exoplanets: Criteria for Their Habitability and Possible Biospheres; John Lee Grenfell, Heike Rauer and Philip von Paris<br>The Habitable Zone and The Generalized Greenhouse Effect; Giora Shaviv and Smadar Bressler, Nir J. Shaviv<br>The Influence of UV Radiation on Exoplanets’ Habitability; Orion Talmi and Giora Shaviv<br>Factors of Planetary Habitability; Rob Hengeveld<br>Bio-relevant microscopic liquid subsurface water in planetary surfaces?; Dirk Möhlmann<br>Part 2: IMPACT CRATERS AND THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE<br>Organic molecules in lunar ice: a window to the early evolution of life on Earth; Dirk Schulze-Makuch<br>Part 3: FIELD STUDIES IN PLANETARY ANALOGS, SIMULATIONS AND SPACE EXPERIMENTS WITH RELEVANCE TO HABITABILITY<br>Experimental simulation of possible origins of life (Conceptual and Practical Issues); Henry Strasdeit and Stefan Fox<br>Simulation and measurement of extraterrestrial conditions for experiments on habitability with respect to Mars; Andreas Lorek and Alexander Koncz<br>The Role of Terrestrial Analogs in the Exploration of The Habitability of Martian Evaporitic Environments; Roberto Barbieri<br>Part 4: SEARCH FOR HABITABLE WORLDS IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND<br>Microbial scale habitability on Mars; Frances Westall<br>Interior and surface dynamics of terrestrial bodies and their implications for the habitability; Lena Noack and Doris Breuer<br>Exoplanets and habitability; Stephen Kane<br>Part 5: ALTERNATIVES TO EARTH-LIKE LIFE <br />Extremophiles on Alien Worlds: What Types of Organismic Adaptations are Feasible on Other Planetary Bodies; Dirk Schulze-Makuch<br>Brown Dwarfs and Black Smokers. The Potential for Photosynthesis using Radiation from Low-Temperature Black Bodies; John A. Raven and Sean Donnelly<br>Part 6: APPLICATION OF EXISTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DETECTION OF HABITABLE PLANETS AND THE SEARCH FOR LIFE <br>Detection of Habitable Planets and The Search for Life; Heike Rauer, Juan Cabrera, Stefanie Gebauer, John Lee Grenfell<br>Raman Spectral Signatures in the Biogeological Record: An Astrobiological Challenge; Howell G. M. Edwards, Ian B. Hutchinson, Richard Ingley<br>Application of Raman Spectroscopy as In Situ Technology for the Search for Life; Ute Böttger and Antje Hermelink and Jean-Pierre de Vera and Jörg Fritz and Iris Weber and Dirk Schulze-Makuch and Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers<br>Part 7: FUTURE SPACE MISSIONS FOR LIFE DETECTION <br>Habitability on Kepler worlds: Are Moons Relevant?; Julian Chela-Flores<br>Clean In-Situ Subsurface Exploration of Icy Environments in the Solar System; B. Dachwald, S. Ulamec and J. Biele<br>Part 8: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS<br>Theoretically possible habitable Worlds – but soon will we get answers by observations?; Jean-Pierre de Vera and Joseph Seckbach<br>Subject Index<br>Author Index</p>
