Origin of life

• Verfasst von: Deamer, David W. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Origin of life
• Titelzusatz: what everyone needs to know®
• Verf.angabe: David W. Deamer
• Verlagsort: New York, NY
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Jahr: 2020
• Umfang: vii, 99 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: What everyone needs to know
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-0-19-009899-5
• ISBN: 978-0-19-009902-2
• ISBN: 978-0-19-009900-8
• Schlagwörter: (s)Biogenese / (s)Leben
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Deamer, David: Origin of life. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2020 |(DLC)2020003143
• RVK-Notation: WH 2600
• K10plus-PPN: 1689824905

Abstract

"I'll begin with a challenging question: Why should anyone want to know about the origin of life? The answers will vary from one person to the next, but the simplest answer is curiosity. Anyone reading this introduction is curious because they wonder how life could have begun on the Earth, but there is more to it than that. My friend Stuart Kauffman wrote a book with the title At Home in the Universe. The title refers to a deep sense of satisfaction that comes when we begin to understand how our lives on Earth are connected to the rest of the universe. There are surprises and revelations as we discover those connections"--