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OverviewThis review emerged from several interdisciplinary meetings and schools gathering a group of astronomers, geologists, biologists, and chemists, attempting to share their specialized knowledge around a common question: how did life emerge on Earth? Their ultimate goal was to provide some kind of answer as a prerequisite to an even more demanding question: is life universal? The resulting state-of-the-art articles were written by twenty-five scientists telling a not-so linear story, but on the contrary, highlighting problems, gaps, and controversies. Needless to say, this approach yielded no definitive answers to both questions. However, by adopting a chronological approach to the question of the emergence of life on Earth, the only place where we know for sure that life exists; it was possible to break down this question into several sub-topics that can be addressed by the different disciplines. The main chapters of this review present the formation and evolution of the solar system (3); the building of a habitable planet (4); prebiotic chemistry, biochemistry, and the emergence of life (5); the environmental context of the early Earth (6); and the ancient fossil record and early evolution (7). The concluding chapter (9) provides the highlights of the review and presents the different points of view about the universality of life. Two pedagogical chapters are included; one on chronometers (2), another in the form of a ""frieze"" (8) which summarizes in graphical form the present state of knowledge about the chronology of the emergence of life on Earth, before the Cambrian explosion. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Muriel Gargaud , Philippe Claeys , Purificación López-García , Hervé MartinPublisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Edition: 2006 ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.727kg ISBN: 9780387450827ISBN 10: 0387450823 Pages: 370 Publication Date: 28 December 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsFrom the Arrow of Time to the Arrow of Life.- Dating Methods and Corresponding Chronometers in Astrobiology.- Solar System Formation and Early Evolution: the First 100 Million Years.- Building of a Habitable Planet.- Prebiotic Chemistry — Biochemistry — Emergence of Life (4.4-2 Ga).- Environmental Context.- Ancient Fossil Record and Early Evolution (ca. 3.8 to 0.5 Ga).- A Synthetic Interdisciplinary “Chronological Frieze”: an Attempt.- Life On Earth... And Elsewhere?.ReviewsAuthor InformationJacques Reisse: Professor of organic chemistry and physical chemistry- Université Libre de Bruxelles Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium Research activity: stereochemistry, study of intermolecular interactions in liquid phase, nuclear magnetic resonance, cosmochemistry, sonochemistry Antonio Lazcano, Professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City. President of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life Research activity: origin and early evolution of life He is the author of The Origin of Life, which has become a bestseller with over 600 thousand copies sold. He is considered the foremost promoter of evolutionary biology and the study of the origins of life in Latin America. He has been member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Molecular Evolution, Nanobiology, Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiologia, and Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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