The Life Puzzle : : On Crystals and Organisms and on the Possibility of a Crystal as an Ancestor / / A.G. Cairns-Smith.
What is the origin of life? Molecular biology shows us one kind, but in thinking about it we must consider those generalised aspects of living organisation that are common to all conceivable forms of life. The author believes that only a combination of general biological theory and particular chemic...
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017] ©1971 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Heritage
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (182 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- Part One — From Crystals to Organisms
- 2. Crystals
- 3. Subcrystals
- 4. Organisms
- Part Two — Organisation
- 5. On Being Organised
- 6. On Becoming Organised
- Part Three —The Origin of Life
- 7. A Quest for an Easy Life
- 8. Genetic Metamorphosis
- References
- Index