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Life evolving : molecules, mind, and meaning

Author: Christian De Duve
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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De Duve shares his thoughts on God and immortality, as well as future evolutionary conjectures, as he explores topics such as the evolution of life from the first cells to complex organisms, the development of language and emotion, and the origins of consciousness.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Christian De Duve
ISBN: 0195156056 9780195156058
OCLC Number: 49959465
Description: xv, 341 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: What is life? chemistry --
What is life? information --
Where does life come from? --
How did life arise? the way to RNA --
How did life arise? from RNA to protein-DNA --
How did life arise? the birth of cells --
The history of life --
The invisible world of bacteria --
The mysterious birth of eukaryotes: the problem --
The mysterious birth of eukaryotes: a possible pathway --
The visible revolution --
The arrow of evolution --
Becoming human --
The riddle of the brain --
Reshaping life --
After us, what? --
Are we alone? --
How about God in all that?
Responsibility: Christian de Duve.
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A Nobel laureate discusses findings in biological science in the past half century and what they reveal about the nature of life, discussing the origins and workings of cells, the evolution of  Read more...

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