From Stardust to First Cells The Origin and Evolution of Early Life
This book presents a groundbreaking hypothesis to answer one of the greatest scientific mysteries: How did life begin? Like a detective piecing together seemingly disparate bits of evidence, Dr. Sankar Chatterjee combines the most recent discoveries in cosmology, geology, chemistry, information syst...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue
- Defining life
- Origin of life: a model of hierarchical complexity
- Cosmic connections
- cradle of life
- Bioenergetics and primitive metabolism
- Chemical stage
- Lipid membrane: encapsulating life
- The RNA world—reality or dogma? The age of information
- A code script for life
- The advent of proteins
- The virus world in deep time
- DNA takes over
- First life
- Life beyond earth
- Epilogue