Name: Los Origenes de la Vida (in Spanish)
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Author: Dyson, Freeman J.
ISBN: 9788483230978

portada Los Origenes de la Vida (in Spanish)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Freeman J. Dyson

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Topic

ciencias

Year

2003

Language

Spanish

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

24.3 x 17.2 x 0.8 cm

Weight

0.19 kg.

ISBN

8483230976

ISBN13

9788483230978

Edition No.

Synopsis "Los Origenes de la Vida (in Spanish)"

How did life on earth originate? Did replication or metabolism come first in the history of life? In this book, Freeman Dyson examines these questions and discusses the two main theories that try to explain how naturally occurring chemicals could organize themselves into living creatures. The majority view is that life began with replicating molecules, the precursors of modern genes. The minority belief is that random populations of molecules evolved metabolic activities before exact replication existed. Dyson analyzes both of these theories with reference to recent important discoveries by geologists and chemists. His main aim is to stimulate new experiments that could help to decide which theory is correct. This second edition covers the enormous advances that have been made in biology and geology in the past decade and the impact they have had on our ideas about how life began. It is a clearly-written, fascinating book that will appeal to anyone interested in the origins of life.