Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I What is life?
- Part II Astronomical and geophysical context of the emergence of life
- Part III The role of water in the emergence of life
- Part IV From non-living systems to life
- Part V Mechanisms for life evolution
- Part VI Life in extreme conditions
- Part VII Traces of life and biosignatures
- Part VIII Life elsewhere?
- Index
Part IV - From non-living systems to life
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 February 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I What is life?
- Part II Astronomical and geophysical context of the emergence of life
- Part III The role of water in the emergence of life
- Part IV From non-living systems to life
- Part V Mechanisms for life evolution
- Part VI Life in extreme conditions
- Part VII Traces of life and biosignatures
- Part VIII Life elsewhere?
- Index
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- Origins and Evolution of LifeAn Astrobiological Perspective, pp. 245 - 246Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011