02813nam 2200613 a 450 991078106390332120200520144314.01-282-53750-497866125375090-226-51933-310.7208/9780226519333(CKB)2550000000007450(EBL)485962(OCoLC)593240121(SSID)ssj0000338721(PQKBManifestationID)11254946(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338721(PQKBWorkID)10299755(PQKB)11162921(StDuBDS)EDZ0000115618(MiAaPQ)EBC485962(DE-B1597)524839(OCoLC)1135590168(DE-B1597)9780226519333(Au-PeEL)EBL485962(CaPaEBR)ebr10366854(CaONFJC)MIL253750(EXLCZ)99255000000000745020070829d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHow life began[electronic resource] evolution's three geneses /Alexandre Meinesz ; translated by Daniel SimberloffChicago University of Chicago Press20081 online resource (291 p.)Translated from the French.0-226-51931-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-277) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Henri's Cave -- Chapter 2. On the Origin of Life on Earth -- Chapter 3. Papa, What's a Bacterium? -- Chapter 4. The Vampire Slug of the Killer Alga -- Chapter 5. Vermeer and Van Leeuwenhoek -- Chapter 6. The Densimeter -- Chapter 7. The Lego Game -- Chapter 8. Candide, Jurassic Park, andNoah -- Chapter 9. The End of the Evolutionary String -- Epilogue -- Notes -- IndexThe origin of life is a hotly debated topic. The Christian Bible states that God created the heavens and the Earth, all in about seven days roughly six thousand years ago. This episode in Genesis departs markedly from scientific theories developed over the last two centuries which hold that life appeared on Earth about 3.5 billion years ago in the form of bacteria, followed by unicellular organisms half a millennia later. It is this version of genesis that Alexandre Meinesz explores in this engaging tale of life's origins and evolution. How Life Began eluciLifeOriginLifeOrigin.576.8/3Meinesz Alexandre547327Simberloff Daniel916913MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781063903321How life began3767430UNINA