The Origins of Life and the Universe / / Paul Lurquin.
The Origins of Life and the Universe is the culmination of a university science professor's search for understanding and is based on his experiences teaching the fundamental issues of physics, chemistry, and biology in the classroom. What is life? Where did it come from? How can understanding t...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2003] ©2003 |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 53 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Foundations of the Universe
- Chapter 2. Building a Universe
- Chapter 3. Life as It Is Today
- Chapter 4. Prebiotic Earth: First Organic Compounds and First Informational Molecules
- Chapter 5. Life on Its Way
- Chapter 6. Has Life Originated Elsewhere and Will It End?
- Appendix 1. A Graphic Representation of Special Relativity
- Appendix 2. More on Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
- Appendix 3. How Do We Know the Age of the Universe?
- Appendix 4. Eric Chaisson's View of Cosmic Evolution
- Appendix 5. Do the Universe and Life Have a Purpose and a Designer?
- Notes
- Glossary
- Notable Scientists
- Bibliography
- Index