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GENESIS - IN THE BEGINNING
PRECURSORS OF LIFE, CHEMICAL MODELS AND EARLY BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION |
| By: |
Joseph Seckbach (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£249.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9400729405 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789400729407 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER |
| Pub. date: |
20 March, 2012 |
| Edition: |
2012 ed. |
| Series: |
Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology 22 |
| Pages: |
934 |
| Description: |
This book covers several aspects of life on Earth and in Solar system and beyond. It reviews new data in the field, following current studies from gene and molecular to macro levels. |
| Synopsis: |
Genesis - In The Beginning deals with the origin and diversity of Life and early biological evolution and discusses the question of where (hot or cold sources) and when the beginning of Life took place. Among the sections are chapters dealing with prebiotic chemical processes and considering self-replication of polymers in mineral habitats. One chapter is dedicated to the photobiological regime on early Earth and the emergence of Life. This volume covers the role of symmetry, information and order (homochrial biomolecules) in the beginning of Life. The models of protocells and the genetic code with gene transfer are important topics in this volume. Three chapters discuss the Panspermia hypothesis (to answer "Are we from outer Space?"). Other chapters cover the Astrobiological aspects of Life in the Universe in extraterrestrial Planets of the Solar System and deal with cometary hydrosphere (and its connection to Earth). We conclude with the history and frontiers of Astrobiogy. |
| Illustrations: |
XXXIX, 934 p. 268 illus., 99 illus. in color. |
| Publication: |
Netherlands |
| Imprint: |
Springer |
| Returns: |
Returnable |