The Genesis Quest : The Geniuses and Eccentrics on a Journey to Uncover the Origin of Life on Earth /

How did life begin? Why are we here? These are some of the most profound questions we can ask. For almost a century, a small band of eccentric scientists has struggled to answer these questions and explain one of the greatest mysteries of all: how and why life began on Earth. There are many differen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marshall, Michael (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2020]
Temas:
Life sciences > History > 20th century.
Life sciences > History > 21st century.
Life > Origin > Popular works.
Life > Origin > Research > History.
Scientists.
SCIENCE / General.
origin of life, genesis, primordial soup, meteorite, impact zones, manhattan project, science, biology, evolution, cells, dna, natural selection, darwin, nonfiction, history, scientists, biography, profile, synthetic chemistry, ecology, microbiology, biochemistry, astrobiology, metabolism, lipid vesicles, rna, proteins, oparin and miller.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE. Primordial Science
  • 1. The Biggest Question
  • 2. A Soviet Free Thinker
  • 3. Creation in a Test Tube
  • PART TWO. Strange Objects
  • 4. The DNA Revolution
  • 5. Crystal Clear
  • 6. The Schism
  • PART THREE. Scattered, Divided, Leaderless
  • 7. The Other Long Molecule
  • 8. Rise of the Replicators
  • 9. The Blobs
  • 10. The Need for Power
  • 11. Born in the Depths
  • PART FOUR. Reunification
  • 12. Mirrors
  • 13. Return of the Blobs
  • 14. Just Messy Enough
  • Epilogue: The Meaning of Life
  • Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Index

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