Origin of Life: What Everyone Needs to Know®

It seems likely that scientists will someday discover how life can emerge on habitable planets like the early Earth and Mars.\nIn Origin of Life: What Everyone Needs to Know®, David W. Deamer has written a comprehensive guide to the origin of life that is organized in three sections. The first section addresses questions such as: Where do the atoms of life come from? How old is Earth? What was the Earth like before life began? Where does water come from? After each question is answered, there is a follow-up: How do we know? This expands the horizon of the book, explaining how scientists reach conclusions and why we can trust these answers. The second section describes how certain organic molecules can spontaneously assemble into populations of protocells that can undergo selection and evolve toward primitive living systems. Here Deamer proposes a truly novel concept that life did not begin in the ocean but instead in fresh water hot springs on volcanic land masses resembling Hawaii today. True knowledge is not just what we know, but equally important is what we don't yet know. In the third section Deamer lists 
the outstanding questions that must be addressed before we can finally answer a fundamental question of biology: How can life begin?

Science & Math

Deamer, David W.

Biological Sciences

Oxford University Press

It seems likely that scientists will someday discover how life can emerge on habitable planets like the early Earth and Mars. In Origin of Life: What Everyone Needs to Know® , David W. Deamer has written a comprehensive guide to the origin of life that is organized in three sections. The first section addresses questions such as: Where do the atoms of life come from? How old is Earth? What was the Earth like before life began? Where does water come from? After each question is answered, there is a follow-up: How do we know? This expands the horizon of the book, explaining how scientists reach conclusions and why we can trust these answers. The second section describes how certain organic molecules can spontaneously assemble into populations of protocells that can undergo selection and evolve toward primitive living systems. Here Deamer proposes a truly novel concept that life did not begin in the ocean but instead in fresh water hot springs on volcanic land masses resembling Hawaii today. True knowledge is not just what we know, but equally important is what we don't yet know. In the third section Deamer lists the outstanding questions that must be addressed before we can finally answer a fundamental question of biology: How can life begin?

In Assembling Life, David Deamer addresses questions that are the cutting edge of research on the origin of life. For instance, how did non-living organic compounds assemble into the first forms of primitive cellular life? What was the source of those compounds and the energy that produced the first nucleic acids? Did life begin in the ocean or in fresh water on terrestrial land masses? Could life have begun on Mars? The book provides an overview of conditions on the early Earth four billion years ago and explains why fresh water hot springs are a plausible alternative to salty seawater as a site where life can begin. Deamer describes his studies of organic compounds that were likely to be available in the prebiotic environment and the volcanic conditions that can drive chemical evolution toward the origin of life. The book is not exclusively Earth-centric, but instead considers whether life could begin elsewhere in our solar system. Deamer does not propose how life did begin, because we can never know that with certainty. Instead, his goal is to understand how life can begin on any habitable planet, with Earth so far being the only known example.

Assembling Life: How Can Life Begin on Earth and Other Habitable Planets?

Chemistry

Liquid-Liquid InterfacesTheory and Methods: Theory and Methods

Volkov, Alexander G.

CRC-Press

This text is intended for use as an introduction to both the theory of surface science and its applications in modern biology and chemistry. The book attempts to explain the physical and chemical fundamentals of interfacial phenomena, and readers will find virtually all definitions and concepts needed to understand the role of interfaces in chemistry and biology.

Liquid Interfaces in Chemistry and Biology

Tanelian, Darrell L.

Markin, Vladislav S.

Wiley-Interscience

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The World of the Cell, 2nd Edition (Benjamin/Cummings Series in the Life Sciences)

Becker, Wayne M.

Reading, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Benjamin-Cummings Pub Co

Update your knowledge of the chemical, biological, and physical properties of liquid-liquid interfaces with Liquid-Liquid Interfaces: Theory and Methods. This valuable reference presents a broadly based account of current research in liquid-liquid interfaces and is ideal for researchers, teachers, and students. Internationally recognized investigators of electrochemical, biological, and photochemical effects in interfacial phenomena share their own research results and extensively review the results of others working in their area. Because of its unusually wide breadth, this book has something for everyone interested in liquid-liquid interfaces. Topics include interfacial and phase transfer catalysis, electrochemistry and colloidal chemistry, ion and electron transport processes, molecular dynamics, electroanalysis, liquid membranes, emulsions, pharmacology, and artificial photosynthesis. Enlightening discussions explore biotechnological applications, such as drug delivery, separation and purification of nuclear waste, catalysis, mineral extraction processes, and the manufacturing of biosensors and ion-selective electrodes. Liquid-Liquid Interfaces: Theory and Methods is a well-written, informative, one-stop resource that will save you time and energy in your search for the latest information on liquid-liquid interfaces.

VERY GOOD 1994 FIRST EDITION softcover, free tracking number, clean text, solid binding, NO remainders NOT ex-library, smoke free; slight gentle shelfwear / storage-wear; hint of creasing WE SHIP FAST. Carefully packed and quickly sent. 201607562as This annotated collection of papers on the origins of life provides easy access to the original work in this field for specialists, the curious layman, and students alike. The editors' goal was to weave the principal threads of contemporary research from the various historical antecedents. They have chosen papers with both scientific and historical significance, not simply those that reflect the established views of the day. The readings are organized into six topical areas and arranged chronologically within each group. This book may be used as a supplement to courses in cell biology, chemistry, evolution, system theory, and history and philosophy of science, or as a primary text for a course on the origins of life. The volume editors, David W. Deamer and Gail R. Fleischaker, are, respectively, experimentalist and theorist active in the origins-of-life field. Their commentary explores the theoretical issues underlying the broader topics and evaluates the historical impact of each paper. Please choose Priority / Expedited shipping for faster delivery. (No shipping to Mexico, Brazil or Italy.) 4

Origins of Life: The Central Concepts

Fleischaker, Gail R.

Jones& Bartlett Learning

Membrane Structure Protoplasmatologia Cell Biology Monographs

Membrane Structure (Protoplasmatologia Cell Biology Monographs, 2 / E / 1)

Branton, Daniel

Springer

El origen de la vida (Spanish Edition)

Evolution

Antoni Bosch editor

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Origin of Life: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Origin of Life: What Everyone Needs to Know®

Assembling Life: How Can Life Begin on Earth and Other Habitable Planets?

Liquid-Liquid InterfacesTheory and Methods: Theory and Methods

Liquid Interfaces in Chemistry and Biology

The World of the Cell, 2nd Edition (Benjamin/Cummings Series in the Life Sciences)

Liquid-Liquid InterfacesTheory and Methods: Theory and Methods

Origins of Life: The Central Concepts

Membrane Structure (Protoplasmatologia Cell Biology Monographs, 2 / E / 1)

El origen de la vida (Spanish Edition)