Springer , pp. xxiv + 340 . Hardback. New. Springer ISBN 3540788220 9783540788225 [US]

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Springer Verlag, Date: 2008. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 340 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. 2008. Springer Verlag ISBN 3540788220 9783540788225 [GB]

Hardback. New. This overview for the interested layman reviews the attempts of scientists to find answers to the question of where life comes from. After an historical introduction, he surveys the origin of the universe, the solar system, our Earth, meteorites and comets. ISBN 3540788220 9783540788225 [GB]

Springer, Date: 2008. New. 2008. Springer ISBN 3540788220 9783540788225 [IN]

ISBN10: 3540788220, ISBN13: 9783540788225, [publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - How did life begin on the early Earth We know that life today is driven by the universal laws of chemistry and physics. By applying these laws over the past fty years, en- mous progress has been made in understanding the molecular mechanisms that are the foundations of the living state. For instance, just a decade ago, the rst human genome was published, all three billion base pairs. Using X-ray diffraction data from crystals, we can see how an enzyme molecule or a photosynthetic reaction center steps through its catalytic function. We can even visualize a ribosome, central to all life, translate - netic information into a protein. And we are just beginning to understand how molecular interactions regulate thousands of simultaneous reactions that continuously occur even in the simplest forms of life. New words have appeared that give a sense of this wealth of knowledge: The genome, the proteome, the metabolome, the interactome. But we can't be too smug. We must avoid the mistake of the physicist who, as the twentieth century began, stated con dently that we knew all there was to know about physics, that science just needed to clean up a few dusty corners. Then came relativity, quantum theory, the Big Bang, and now dark matter, dark energy and string theory. Similarly in the life sciences, the more we learn, the better ...