Isbn: 9780738204932 - the spark of life: darwin and the primeval soup (6 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 320 pages. 9.50x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A highly readable survey of the historical prelude to the study of the origins of life, as well as selected areas of current research, including the search for extraterrestrial life.'-NatureWhere did we come from Did life arise on earth or on some other planet What did the earliest primitive organisms look like Untangling a century of contentious debate, the authors explore current theories of the source of life-from Martian meteors to hydrothermal vents-and then present their own elegant scenario: Life arose not in the subterranean depths, as many believe, but on Earth's tumultuous surface, where a primitive form of natural selection spawned the first genetic material, perhaps in the form of a proto-virus. Knowing exactly how life began on Earth will not only teach us more about ourselves, it will bring us closer to finding life elsewhere.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorChristopher Wills is Professor of Biology at the University of California at San Diego. His books include Yellow Fever, Black Goddess and Children of Prometheus. Jeffrey Bada is Professor of Marine Chemistry and Direct.