The Spark of Life, Darwin and the Primeval Soup - Christopher Wills and Jeffrey Bada
KORTE INHOUD
Where did we come from? Did life arise on earth or was it transported here from some other planet? What did the earliest primitive organisms look like? Were they based on RNA or DNA molecules, or on something we would hardly recognize today? And most importantly, do we have the power to reconstruct those organisms in the laboratory?
In seeking the answers to these questions, Christopher Wills and Jeffrey Bada take us on a mind-expanding journey - back in time, across the globe, and through the solar system in search of extraterrestrial life. From Swedish mine shafts to the Stygian blackness of the deep ocean, the intellectual story they trace is a fascinating one, rooted in recent advances in chemistry, molecular biology, and planetary science.
The road to understanding has not been a smooth one, however, and consensus among scientists is still difficult to achieve. Untangling a century of contentious debate, Wills and Bada explore contemporary theories of the source of life - from asteroids and Martian meteori...
In seeking the answers to these questions, Christopher Wills and Jeffrey Bada take us on a mind-expanding journey - back in time, across the globe, and through the solar system in search of extraterrestrial life. From Swedish mine shafts to the Stygian blackness of the deep ocean, the intellectual story they trace is a fascinating one, rooted in recent advances in chemistry, molecular biology, and planetary science.
The road to understanding has not been a smooth one, however, and consensus among scientists is still difficult to achieve. Untangling a century of contentious debate, Wills and Bada explore contemporary theories of the source of life - from asteroids and Martian meteori...
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