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Vital Dust : The Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth by Christian De Duve (1995, Trade Paperback)

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Vital Dust : Life As a Cosmic Imperative, Paperback by Duve, Christian De, ISBN 0465090451, ISBN-13 9780465090457, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Addressing the questions of unicellular life, extraterrestrial involvement, oxygen's link to complex life, and the superior evolution of bacteria, a biochemist discusses the evolution of life on Earth

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PublisherBasic Books

ISBN-100465090451

ISBN-139780465090457

eBay Product ID (ePID)453732

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Book TitleVital Dust : the Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1995

TopicGeneral

GenreScience

AuthorChristian De Duve

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight16.3 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6 in

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Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal577

SynopsisIs the emergence of life on Earth the result of a single chance event or combination of lucky accidents, or is it the outcome of biochemical forces woven into the fabric of the universe? And if inevitable, what are these forces, and how do they account not only for the origin of life but also for its evolution toward increasing complexity? Vital Dust is a groundbreaking history of life on Earth, a history that only someone of Chrisitian de Duve's stature and erudition could have written., Is the emergence of life on Earth the result of a single chance event or combination of lucky accidents, or is it the outcome of biochemical forces woven into the fabric of the universe? And if inevitable, what are these forces, and how do they account not only for the origin of life but also for its evolution toward increasing complexity? Vital Dust is a ground-breaking history of life on Earth, a history that only someone of Chrisitian de Duve's stature and erudition could have written.