Clay Minerals and the Origin of Life

by A.G. Cairns-Smith and H. Hartman

This volume is the edited proceedings of a conference seeking to clarify the possible role of clays in the origin of life on Earth. At the heart of the problem of the origin of life lie fundamental questions such as: What kind of properties is a model of a primitive living system required to exhibit and what would its most plausible chemical and molecular makeup be? Answers to these questions have traditionally been sought in terms of properties that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521324084
• ISBN13: 9780521324083
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"