First life : discovering the connections between stars, cells, and how life began / David Deamer.

Author/creator Deamer, David W., 1939-
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Descriptionix, 271 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subjects

Portion of title Discovering the connections between stars, cells, and how life began
Contents A fireball over Australia -- Where did life begin? -- When did life begin? -- Carbon and the building blocks of life -- The handedness of life -- Energy and life's origins -- Self-assembly and emergence -- How to build a cell -- Achieving complexity -- Multiple strands of life -- Catalysts : life in the fast lane -- Copying life's blueprints -- How evolution begins -- A grand simulation of prebiotic earth -- Prospects for synthetic life.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-265) and index.
LCCN 2010035393
ISBN9780520258327 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520258320 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks QH326 .D43 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold