The origin and nature of life on Earth : the emergence of the fourth geosphere / Eric Smith (Santa Fe Institute, George Mason University, Tokyo Institute of Technology), Harold J. Morowitz (George Mason University)
"Uniting the conceptual foundations of the physical sciences and biology, this ground-breaking multi-disciplinary book explores the origin of life as a planetary process. Combining geology, geochemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, evolution and statistical physics to create an inclusive pictur...
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Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- The planetary scope of biogenesis: the biosphere is the fourth geosphere
- The organization of life on Earth today
- The geochemical context and embedding of the biosphere
- The architecture and evolution of the metabolic substrate
- Higher-level structures and the recapitulation of metabolic order
- The emergence of a biosphere from geochemistry
- The phase transition paradigm for emergence
- Reconceptualizing the nature of the living state.