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Author Duve, Christian de.

Title Life evolving : molecules, mind, and meaning / Christian de Duve.

Imprint Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, c2002.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  576.88 D36l 2002    ---  Available
Description xv, 341 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents What is life? chemistry -- What is life? information -- Where does life come from? -- How did life arise? the way to RNA -- How did life arise? from RNA to protein-DNA -- How did life arise? the birth of cells -- The history of life -- The invisible world of bacteria -- The mysterious birth of eukaryotes : the problem -- The mysterious birth of eukaryotes : a possible pathway -- The visible revolution -- The arrow of evolution -- Becoming human -- The riddle of the brain -- Reshaping life -- After us, what? -- Are we alone? -- How about God in all that?
Subject Life -- Origin.
Evolution (Biology)
Life (Biology)
ISBN 0195156056 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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