A fully revised new edition of an introductory text to the dynamic and fascinating subject of
astrochemistry Since the first edition in 2006 of Astrochemistry 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. 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 1.35 × 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. New to
the second edition: * An extended discussion on matter dark or otherwise interstellar and
stellar chemistry and the origin of pre-biotic molecules * Detailed chemical kinetic models for
mechanisms of chemistry in the interstellar medium * Origins of life in solution enzyme
kinetics and catalysis * A review of Mars and Titan as habitats for life * Fully referenced
throughout to reflect the research frontier * 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 * 200 problems with detailed solutions Written for
undergraduate and postgraduate students in astrochemistry or more generally physical chemistry
the new edition of Astrochemistry is an important introductory text to the topic the latest
developments in the field and the ubiquity of physical chemistry.
