Life's origin : the beginnings of biological evolution /

Exploring the origin of life on Earth, this text presents, in nontechnical language, an encapsulation of the work being done by scientists as they begin to characterize life as a natural outcome of the evolution of cosmic matter.

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
مؤلفون آخرون: Schopf, J. William, 1941-
التنسيق: Licensed eBooks
اللغة:الإنجليزية
منشور في: Berkeley : University of California Press ©2002.
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pntj6
جدول المحتويات:
  • Historical understanding of life's beginnings / John Or
  • From big bang to primordial planet : setting the stage for the origin of life / Alan W. Schwartz and Sherwood Chang
  • Formation of the building blocks of life / Stanley L. Miller and Antonio Lazcano
  • From building blocks to the polymers of life / James P. Ferris
  • The origin of biological information / Leslie E. Orgel
  • When did life begin? / J. William Schopf.