Description |
ix, 271 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-265) and index. |
Contents |
A fireball over Australia -- Where did life begin? -- When did life begin? -- Carbon and the building blocks of life -- The handedness of life -- Energy and life's origins -- Self-assembly and emergence -- How to build a cell -- Achieving complexity -- Multiple strands of life -- Catalysts : life in the fast lane -- Copying life's blueprints -- How evolution begins -- A grand simulation of prebiotic earth -- Prospects for synthetic life. |
Subject |
Exobiology.
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Life -- Origin.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Added Title |
Discovering the connections between stars, cells, and how life began |
ISBN |
9780520258327 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520258320 cloth alkaline paper |
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