Vital Dust
Author | : Christian De Duve |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1995-12-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 0465090451 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780465090457 |
Rating | : 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Download or read book Vital Dust written by Christian De Duve and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1995-12-22 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 groundbreaking history of life on Earth, a history that only someone of Chrisitian de Duve's stature and erudition could have written.