First Life: Discovering the Connections Between Stars, Planets, and How Life Began
(Sprache: Englisch)
An exploration of how life can begin, taking us from cosmic clouds of stardust, to volcanoes on Earth and the modern chemistry laboratory.
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An exploration of how life can begin, taking us from cosmic clouds of stardust, to volcanoes on Earth and the modern chemistry laboratory.
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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Fireball Over Australia 2. Where Did Life Begin? 3. When Did Life Begin? 4. Carbon and the Building Blocks of Life 5. The Handedness of Life 6. Energy and Life's Origins 7. Self-Assembly and Emergence 8. How To Build a Cell 9. Achieving Complexity 10. Multiple Strands of Life 11. Catalysts: Life in the Fast Lane 12. Copying Life's Blueprints 13. How Evolution Begins 14. A Grand Simulation of Prebiotic Earth 15. Prospects for Synthetic Life Epilogue Sources and Notes Index
Autoren-Porträt von David Deamer
David Deamer is Research Professor in the Department of Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He has written and edited many books, including The Origins of Life (with Jack Szostak).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Deamer
- 2011, 271 Seiten, Maße: 18,6 x 25,8 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
- ISBN-10: 0520258320
- ISBN-13: 9780520258327
Sprache:
Englisch
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"An authoritative voice weighs in on a sprawling debate that's been raging in the scientific community for many decades, and lays out a succinct and persuasive hypothesis for the origin of life on Earth."--The Scientist "Engaging... [Deamer] gives us an enriched sense of how the universe works."--The Quarterly Review of Bio "Insightfully written"--Times Higher Education "Eloquent... A preeminent leader in the field tells his personal story of discovery in a unique and absorbing way."--Bioscience "Insightfully written"--Times Higher Education
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