mystery of life's origin
Subtitle: reassessing current theories
By: Charles B. Thaxton, Walter L. Bradley, Roger L. Olsen.
Contributors: Bradley, Walter L.; Olsen, Roger L.
Publisher: Lewis and Stanley
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Dallas, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Life -- Origin.; Molecular evolution.; Life -- Origin -- Research.; Molecular evolution -- Research.
Notes: Errata sheets inserted.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: Crisis in the chemistry of origins; The theory of biochemical evolution; Simulation of prebiotic monomer synthesis; The myth of the prebiotic soup; Reassessing the early earth and its atmosphere; Plausibility and investigator interference; Thermodynamics of living systems; Thermodynamics and the origin of life; Specifying how work is to be done; Protocells; Summary and conclusion.