The chemistry of evolution the development of our ecosystem
Conventionally, evolution has always been described in terms of species. The Chemistry of Evolution takes a novel, not to say revolutionary, approach and examines the evolution of chemicals and the use and degradation of energy, coupled to the environment, as the drive behind it. The authors address...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Elsevier
2006, 2006
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| Collection: | Elsevier ScienceDirect eBooks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Conventionally, evolution has always been described in terms of species. The Chemistry of Evolution takes a novel, not to say revolutionary, approach and examines the evolution of chemicals and the use and degradation of energy, coupled to the environment, as the drive behind it. The authors address the major changes of life from bacteria to man in a systematic and unavoidable sequence, reclassifying organisms as chemotypes. Written by the authors of the bestseller The Biological Chemistry of the Elements - The Inorganic Chemistry of Life (Oxford University Press, 1991), the clarity and precis |
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| Physical Description: | online resource (ix, 481 p.) ill. (some col.), maps |
| ISBN: | 0444521550 9780444521156 0444521151 9780080460529 0080460526 9780444521552 |