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

Author/creator Deamer, David W., 1939-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press,
Descriptionix, 271 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
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Subjects

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.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010035393
ISBN9780520258327 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520258320 (cloth : alk. paper)

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