Between Necessity and Probability: Searching for the Definition and Origin of Life
This study investigates the major theories of the origins of life in light of modern research with the aim of distinguishing between the necessary and the optional and between deterministic and random influences in the emergence of what we call ‘life.’ Life is treated as a cosmic phenomenon whose em...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2004, 2004
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2004 |
| Series: | Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- The Early History of Bio-Energy
- The Origin of Cell Boundaries and Metabolism
- The Origin of the Early Specificity; The Order, Complexity and Diversity of Life
- The Origin of the Handedness
- The Early History of Bio-Information
- The Purpose-Like Nature of Life
- Assembling the Early Puzzle of Life
- The Material-Independent Signatures of Life; Forensic Tools of Astrobiology
- Appendix A. Models and Theories of Early Life
- Appendix B. A Chronology of Definitions and Interpretations of Life