Freeman Dyson (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey)

Origins of Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How did life on earth originate? Did replication or metabolism come first in the history of life? In this updated and expanded second edition of Origins of Life, Freeman Dyson examines these questions and discusses the two main theories that try to explain how naturally occurring chemicals could organize themselves into living creatures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 160g
• ISBN-13: 9780521626682
• ISBN-10: 0521626684
• Artikelnr.: 09602475

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. Illustrious predecessors; 2. Experiments and theories; 3. A toy model; 4. Open questions; Bibliography; Author index.

Rezensionen

'This is first class update of the first editon.' Peter Mata, Spaceflight