Herrera's 'Plasmogenia' and Other Collected Works Early Writings on the Experimental Study of the Origin of Life /

• Main Authors: Cleaves, Henderson James (Author), Lazcano, Antonio (Author), Ledesma Mateos, Ismael (Author), Negrón-Mendoza, Alicia (Author), Peretó, Juli (Author), Silva, Ervin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; History.; Biology > Philosophy.; Evolutionary biology.; Astrobiology.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; History of Science.; Philosophy of Biology.

This book collects three outstanding examples of the work of Mexican biologist Alfonso Luis Herrera (1868-1942), a pioneer in experimental origins of life research. Two of the collected works appear here in English for the first time. Herrera's works represent the attempt to deal experimentally...