Assembling life : how can life begin on earth and other habitable planets? /
Deamer, David W.,1939-author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The early Earth : an ocean with volcanoes -- Geochemical and geophysical constraints on life's origin -- Hydrothermal conditions are conducive for the origin of life -- Sources of organic compounds required for primitive life -- Self-assembly processes are essential for life's origin -- Condensation reactions synthesize random polymers -- Bioenergetics and primitive metabolic pathways -- Testing alternative hypotheses : simulating the prebiotic environment -- The big picture : integrating chemistry, geology, and life's origin -- Falsifying the hypothesis : a critique -- Where to next? : unresolved questions -- Prospects for life on other planets.
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