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Wills, Christopher & Jeffrey Bada. - The spark of life : Darwin and the primeval soup.

Cambridge, MA : Perseus Publishing, 2001. Hardcover. Dustjacket. xx,291 pp., [8] p. plates. 19 cm. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - A highly readable survey of the historical prelude to the study of the origins of life, as well as selected areas of current research, including the search for extraterrestrial life. -NatureWhere did we come from? Did life arise on earth or on some other planet? What did the earliest primitive organisms look like? Untangling a century of contentious debate, the authors explore current theories of the source of life-from Martian meteors to hydrothermal vents-and then present their own elegant scenario: Life arose not in the subterranean depths, as many believe, but on Earth's tumultuous surface, where a primitive form of natural selection spawned the first genetic material, perhaps in the form of a proto-virus. Knowing exactly how life began on Earth will not only teach us more about ourselves, it will bring us closer to finding life elsewhere. ISBN 9780738201962.
EUR 13.50 [Appr.: US$ 14.39 | £UK 11.75 | JP¥ 2271] Book number #166955

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