Displaying 1 of 1 2005 Format: Book Author: Hazen, Robert M., 1948- Title: Genesis : the scientific quest for life's origin / Robert M. Hazen. Publisher, Date: Washington, DC : Joseph Henry Press, ©2005. Description: xix, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: Scientist Robert Hazen attempts to offer a scientific explanation of how life on Earth began nearly four billion years ago, describing the sequence of events that caused non-living chemicals to become alive and create life. Subjects: Life -- Origin. Molecular evolution. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-322) and index. Contents: Emergence and the origin of life : The missing law -- What is life? -- Looking for life -- Earth’s smallest fossils -- Idiosyncrasies -- Interlude—God in the gaps -- The emergence of biomolecules : Stanley Miller’s spark of genius -- Heaven or hell? -- Under pressure -- Productive environments -- Interlude—mythos versus logos -- The emergence of macromolecules : The macromolecules of life -- Isolation -- Minerals to the rescue -- Left and right -- Interlude—where are the women? -- The emergence of self-replicating systems : Wheels within wheels -- The iron-sulfur world -- The RNA world -- The pre-RNA world -- The emergence of competition -- Three scenarios of the origin of life -- Epilogue—the journey ahead. Web Site: Table of contents LCCN: 2005012839 ISBN: 0309094321 9780309094320 030910310X 9780309103107 Other Number: 60321860 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 167945 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 576.83 Hazen Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
