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Steps Towards Life

A Perspective on Evolution

Steps Towards Life( )
Author: Eigen, Manfred
Winkler-Oswatitsch, Ruthild
Woolley, Paul
ISBN:978-0-19-854751-8
Publication Date:Jun 1992
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $35.00
Book Description:

This fascinating work, co-authored by a Nobel Prize winning scientist, extends Darwin's ideas on natural selection back into evolutionary time and applies them to the molecular "fossil record" that preceded the origin of life. Using the techniques of molecular biology, the book demonstrates that life on Earth is the inevitable result of certain chance events that took place in the unique history of our planet. Further, we can not only precisely formulate the laws governing the...
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Book Details
Pages:190
Detailed Subjects: Science / Life Sciences / Biology
Science / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.5 x 9.5 x 0.658 Inches
Book Weight:1.057 Pounds
Author Biography
Eigen, Manfred (Author)
Manfred Eigen was born in Bochum, Germany on May 9, 1927. During World War II, he served in the German Air Force auxiliary in an antiaircraft unit. He received a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Göttingen. In 1953, he moved to the Max Planck Institute for Physical Chemistry. Eigen devised a method to time chemical reactions called chemical relaxation. Its development earned him a share of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In 1971, he became the lead of the chemical kinetics department at the Institute for Biophysical Chemistry and held that position until his retirement in 1995. He wrote several books including Laws of the Game: How the Principles of Nature Cover Chance written with Ruthild Winkler. He died on February 6, 2018 at the age of 91.

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