The Life Puzzle: On Crystals and Organisms and on the Possibility of a Crystal as an Ancestor

by A.G. Cairns-Smith

Book Overview

What is the origin of life? Molecular biology shows us one kind,

but in thinking about it we must consider those generalised aspects of living

organisation that are common to all conceivable forms of life. The author believes

that only a combination of general biological theory and particular chemical

knowledge can solve the problems of the origin and re-creation of life. This book

does not fall into either the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442638893
• ISBN13: 9781442638891
• Release Date: December 1971
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"