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Life evolving : molecules, mind, and meaning /

A Nobel laureate discusses findings in the biological sciences in the past half century and explains what they reveal about the nature of life.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: De Duve, Christian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What is life? chemistry
  • What is life? information
  • Where does life come from?
  • How did life arise? the way to RNA
  • How did life arise? from RNA to protein-DNA
  • How did life arise? the birth of cells
  • The history of life
  • The invisible world of bacteria
  • The mysterious birth of eukaryotes: the problem
  • The mysterious birth of eukaryotes: a possible pathway
  • The visible revolution
  • The arrow of evolution
  • Becoming human
  • The riddle of the brain
  • Reshaping life
  • After us, what?
  • Are we alone?
  • How about God in all that?