Prebiotic Chemistry and the Origin of Life

Neubeck, Anna; McMahon, Sean

This book presents an overview of current views on the origin of life and its earliest evolution. Each chapter describes key processes, environments and transition on the long road from geochemistry and astrochemistry to biochemistry and finally to the ancestors of today´s organisms. This book combines the bottom-up and the top-down approaches to life including the origin of key chemical and structural features of living cells and the nature of abiotic factors that shaped these features in primordial environments. 

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2022-01-04

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783030810382

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-81039-9

Dimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm

Pages: 296.0