Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Rauchfuss, Horst (Συγγραφέας), Mitchell, Terence N. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Θέματα: Popular works.; Chemistry.; Life sciences.; Evolutionary biology.; Astrobiology.; Nature.; Environment.; Anthropology.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.; Chemistry/Food Science, general.; Evolutionary Biology.; Life Sciences, general.

Up to now, we do not have a generally accepted theory about the origin of life and about the process of development of life, we only have a great number of - to some extent even contradictory – hypotheses. Meanwhile there came up some scientific findings beyond thought only a few years ago. Horst Ra...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Historical Survey
• The Cosmos, the Solar System and the Primeval Earth
• From the Planets to Interstellar Matter
• “Chemical Evolution”
• Peptides and Proteins: the “Protein World”
• The “RNA World”
• Other Theories and Hypotheses
• The Genetic Code and Other Theories
• Basic Phenomena
• Primeval Cells and Cell Models
• Exo/Astrobiology and Other Related Subjects.