How Molecular Forces and Rotating Planets Create Life

The Emergence and Evolution of Prokaryotic Cells

Jan Spitzer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2021
MIT Press (Verlag)
978-0-262-04557-5 (ISBN)

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"An original physicochemical contribution to the problem of understanding life and its emergence, incorporating concepts from planetary sciences, chemistry and biology"--

A reconceptualization of origins research that exploits a modern understanding of non-covalent molecular forces that stabilize living prokaryotic cells. Scientific research into the origins of life remains exploratory and speculative. Science has no definitive answer to the biggest questions--What is life? and How did life begin on earth? In this book, Jan Spitzer reconceptualizes origins research by exploiting a modern understanding of non-covalent molecular forces and covalent bond formation--a physicochemical approach propounded originally by Linus Pauling and Max Delbruck. Spitzer develops the Pauling-Delbruck premise as a physicochemical jigsaw puzzle that identifies key stages in life's emergence, from the formation of first oceans, tidal sediments, and proto-biofilms to progenotes, proto-cells and the first cellular organisms.

Jan Spitzer, a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Queen Elizabeth College at the University of London, has had a long career in chemistry and polymer science, as Associate Professor, and Research and Development Manager in synthetic latex industry. He is the author or coauthor of numerous peer-reviewed papers, technical articles, and book chapters.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.02.2021
Reihe/Serie	Vienna Series in Theoretical B
Zusatzinfo	21 black and white illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-262-04557-5 / 0262045575
ISBN-13	978-0-262-04557-5 / 9780262045575
Zustand	Neuware