Description
| Product ID: | 9780262045575 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Vienna Series in Theoretical B |
| Title: | How Molecular Forces and Rotating Planets Create Life |
| Subtitle: | The Emergence and Evolution of Prokaryotic Cells |
| Authors: | Author: Jan Spitzer |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Biology, life sciences, Biology, life sciences |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A reconceptualization of origins research that exploits a modern understanding of non-covalent molecular forces that stabilize living prokaryotic cells. Scientific research into the origins of life remains exploratory and speculative. Science has no definitive answer to the biggest questions--"What is life?" and "How did life begin on earth?" In this book, Jan Spitzer reconceptualizes origins research by exploiting a modern understanding of non-covalent molecular forces and covalent bond formation--a physicochemical approach propounded originally by Linus Pauling and Max Delbrück. Spitzer develops the Pauling-Delbrück premise as a physicochemical jigsaw puzzle that identifies key stages in life''s emergence, from the formation of first oceans, tidal sediments, and proto-biofilms to progenotes, proto-cells and the first cellular organisms. |
| Imprint Name: | MIT Press |
| Publisher Name: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-02-09 |