First life [[electronic resource] ] : discovering the connections between stars, planets, and evolution on earth / / David Deamer |
Autore | Deamer D. W |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Exobiology
Life - Origin Evolution (Biology) |
Soggetto non controllato |
advances in science
astrobiology astronomy atmosphere biology bioscience birth of stars carbon compounds carbon chemistry cosmology death of stars ethics evolution life on earth life sciences life minerals nonfiction origin of life physics planet formation planetary science science and technology science spark of life stardust stars synthetic life technology volcanoes water |
ISBN |
1-283-27802-2
9786613278029 0-520-94895-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. A Fireball Over Australia -- 2. Where Did Life Begin? -- 3. When Did Life Begin? -- 4. Carbon and the Building Blocks of Life -- 5. The Handedness of Life -- 6. Energy and Life's Origins -- 7. Self-Assembly and Emergence -- 8. How To Build a Cell -- 9. Achieving Complexity -- 10. Multiple Strands of Life -- 11. Catalysts: Life in the Fast Lane -- 12. Copying Life's Blueprints -- 13. How Evolution Begins -- 14. A Grand Simulation of Prebiotic Earth -- 15. Prospects for Synthetic Life -- Epilogue -- Sources and Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790047803321 |
Deamer D. W | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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First life [[electronic resource] ] : discovering the connections between stars, planets, and evolution on earth / / David Deamer |
Autore | Deamer D. W |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8/3 |
Soggetto topico |
Exobiology
Life - Origin Evolution (Biology) |
Soggetto non controllato |
advances in science
astrobiology astronomy atmosphere biology bioscience birth of stars carbon compounds carbon chemistry cosmology death of stars ethics evolution life on earth life sciences life minerals nonfiction origin of life physics planet formation planetary science science and technology science spark of life stardust stars synthetic life technology volcanoes water |
ISBN |
1-283-27802-2
9786613278029 0-520-94895-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. A Fireball Over Australia -- 2. Where Did Life Begin? -- 3. When Did Life Begin? -- 4. Carbon and the Building Blocks of Life -- 5. The Handedness of Life -- 6. Energy and Life's Origins -- 7. Self-Assembly and Emergence -- 8. How To Build a Cell -- 9. Achieving Complexity -- 10. Multiple Strands of Life -- 11. Catalysts: Life in the Fast Lane -- 12. Copying Life's Blueprints -- 13. How Evolution Begins -- 14. A Grand Simulation of Prebiotic Earth -- 15. Prospects for Synthetic Life -- Epilogue -- Sources and Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824014703321 |
Deamer D. W | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vitalizing nature in the Enlightenment [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Hanns Reill |
Autore | Reill Peter Hanns |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (402 p.) |
Disciplina | 509/.4/09033 |
Soggetto topico |
Vitalism
Science - History - 18th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
18th century
animism charles louis dumas chemistry counter enlightenment cuvier early modern enlightenment enlightenment epigenesis generation history of science history life force life science mechanism modernity natural history natural philosophy natural world nature naturphilosophie philosophy physiology reason relationship with nature religion and science reproduction romanticism science scientific disciplines spark of life stahlian chemistry vitalism william cullen |
ISBN |
9786612357497
0-520-93100-9 1-282-35749-2 1-59875-547-1 |
Classificazione | TB 2360 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Prologue: The Humboldt Brothers Confront Nature's Sublimity -- I. Storming "the Temple of Error": Buffon, the Histoire naturelle, and the Midcentury Origins of Enlightenment Vitalism -- 2. Learning to "Read the Book of Nature": Vitalizing Chemistry in the Late Enlightenment -- 3. "Within the Circle of Organized Life" -- 4. The Metamorphoses of Change -- 5. From Enlightenment Vitalism to Romantic Naturphilosophie -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783316003321 |
Reill Peter Hanns | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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