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The Molecular Origins of Life: Assembling Pieces of the Puzzle
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The Molecular Origins of Life: Assembling Pieces of the Puzzle Hardback - 1999 - 1st Edition

by Andri Brack (Editor)

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The origin of life was probably the result of a singular event in the Earth's history, and reconstructing this event is like assembling a puzzle made up of many pieces. These pieces are composed of information acquired from many different disciplines. The aim of this book is to integrate the most recent discoveries in astronomy, planetology, paleontology, biology and chemistry, and use this knowledge to present plausible scenarios that give us a better understanding of the likely origin of life on Earth. Eighteen experts contribute chapters that discuss everything from the environment and atmosphere of the early Earth, to the appearance of organic molecules in the prebiotic environment, to primitive chiral chemical systems capable of self-replication and evolution by mutation. The book also discusses various clues to the origin of life that can be obtained by a study of the past and present microbial world, as well as from other planets.

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The origin and early evolution of our atmosphere is a subject that has been repeatedly explored during the last four decades, without a definitive conclusion having yet been reached.

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  • Title The Molecular Origins of Life: Assembling Pieces of the Puzzle
  • Author Andri Brack (Editor)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 428
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press
  • Publication date 1999-01-13
  • ISBN 9780521564120 / 0521564123
  • Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.94 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 2.39 cm)
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Life - Origin, Molecular evolution
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 99188762
  • Dewey Decimal Code 572.838

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  • Scitech Book News, 03/01/2001, Page 62

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