Origin and Nature of Life on Earth

Origin and Nature of Life on Earth

The Emergence of the Fourth Geosphere

Morowitz, Harold J.; Smith, Eric

Cambridge University Press

03/2016

691

Dura

Inglês

9781107121881

15 a 20 dias

Uniting the foundations of physics and biology, this groundbreaking multidisciplinary and integrative book explores life as a planetary process.
Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. The planetary scope of biogenesis; 2. Life on Earth today; 3. The geochemical context for the biosphere; 4. The architecture of metabolism; 5. Higher-level structures; 6. Emergence of the biosphere; 7. The phase transition paradigm for emergence; 8. The nature of the living state; Epilogue. References; Index.