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Indlæser... A Brief History of Creation: Science and the Search for the Origin of Life (original 2015; udgave 2015)af Bill Mesler (Forfatter)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. A well written history of theories concerning the origin of life on earth. Starts with the ancient Greeks and ends in the present day, covering all the main theories that have been proposed. Contains good coverage of the long held belief in spontaneous generation and the experiments of Pasteur and others that finally led to its death. The one thing I do appreciate about the book is the frankness with which the author admits that science still does not have a definitive answer to how life arose, even though he, and scientists in general, are committed to eventually finding a plausible naturalistic model. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
An essential history of Western scientific studies into the origins of life examines historical discoveries in the contexts of philosophical debates, political change, and evolving understandings about the complexities of biology. No library descriptions found. |
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The insights and ground breaking research of Darwin on the theory of evolution, Crick and Watson's discovery of DNA, Carl Woese's work on phylogenetic taxonomy, etc., were just several of the steps described in the book which helped refine origin of life theories.
The last part of the book got a little more bogged down for me with the discussions of eukaryotes, prokaryotes, cell wall membranes, horizontal gene transfer, proteins, RNA, DNA, etc. But it remained interesting to see the theories that simple life forms may have developed around deep sea hydrothermal vents, or even how life could have been carried to earth from meteorites several billion years ago.
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