Genesis and Evolutionary Development of Life
| By: | A. I. Oparin |
| Publisher: | Elsevier S & T |
| Print ISBN: | 9781483231860 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781483267609 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 1968 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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Genesis and Evolutionary Development of Life discusses the present state of thought on the origin and development of life. The book contains six chapters and begins with a brief history of attempts to solve the problem of the origin of life. This is followed by separate chapters the discuss the following events: the initial stages in the evolution of carbon compounds; formation of the "primitive soup"; origin of prebiological systems; evolution of "protobionts" and the origin of the first organisms; and the further evolution of the first organisms.