How Molecular Forces and Rotating Planets Create Life: The Emergence and Evolution of Prokaryotic Cells
Spitzer, Jan
- 出版商: MIT
- 出版日期: 2021-02-09
- 售價: $2,210
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $2,100
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 248
- 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
- ISBN: 0262045575
- ISBN-13: 9780262045575
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A reconceptualization of origins research that exploits a modern understanding of non-covalent molecular forces that stabilize living prokaryotic cells. Scientific research into the origins of life remains exploratory and speculative. Science has no definitive answer to the biggest questions--"What is life?" and "How did life begin on earth?" In this book, Jan Spitzer reconceptualizes origins research by exploiting a modern understanding of non-covalent molecular forces and covalent bond formation--a physicochemical approach propounded originally by Linus Pauling and Max Delbrück. Spitzer develops the Pauling-Delbrück premise as a physicochemical jigsaw puzzle that identifies key stages in life's emergence, from the formation of first oceans, tidal sediments, and proto-biofilms to progenotes, proto-cells and the first cellular organisms.
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Jan Spitzer, a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Queen Elizabeth College at the University of London, has had a long career in chemistry and polymer science, as Associate Professor, and Research and Development Manager in synthetic latex industry. He is the author or coauthor of numerous peer-reviewed papers, technical articles, and book chapters.
