Thermodynamic Inversion Origin of Living Systems /

• Main Author: Kompanichenko, Vladimir N. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Energy systems.; Organic chemistry.; Biochemistry.; Astrobiology.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Biomaterials.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Organic Chemistry.; Energy Systems.; Biochemistry, general.

This book discusses the theory, general principles, and energy source conditions allowing for the emergence of life in planetary systems. The author examines the material conditions found in natural hydrothermal sites, the appropriate analogs of prebiotic environments on early Earth. He provides an...