Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life
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...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2008. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78823-2 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.