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The origin and nature of life on Earth : the emergence of the fourth geosphere /
"Uniting the conceptual foundations of the physical sciences and biology, this ground-breaking multi-disciplinary book explores the origin of life as a planetary process. Combining geology, geochemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, evolution and statistical physics to create an inclusive pictur...
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London:
Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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| Online Access: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1606/2015041999-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1606/2015041999-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1606/2015041999-t.html |
Table of Contents:
- The planetary scope of biogenesis
- Life on Earth today
- The geochemical context for the biosphere
- The architecture of metabolism
- Higher-level structures
- Emergence of the biosphere
- The phase transition paradigm for emergence
- The nature of the living state.