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Editore: Oxford University Press, 2002, 2002
Da: Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, U.S.A.
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de Duve, Christian René, 1917-2013. Life evolving: molecules, mind, and meaning. Oxford University Press, 2002, 1st printing number line ending in 1, xv, 341pp., very good dust-jacket, cover price $30.00, very good white half-cloth with gray boards. De Duve shares his thoughts on God and immortality, as well as future evolutionary conjectures, as he explores topics such as the evolution of life from the first cells to complex organisms, the development of language and emotion, and the origins of consciousness. - CONTENTS: What is life? chemistry -- What is life? information -- Where does life come from? -- How did life arise? the way to RNA -- How did life arise? from RNA to protein-DNA -- How did life arise? the birth of cells -- The history of life -- The invisible world of bacteria -- The mysterious birth of eukaryotes: the problem -- The mysterious birth of eukaryotes: a possible pathway -- The visible revolution -- The arrow of evolution -- Becoming human -- The riddle of the brain -- Reshaping life -- After us, what? -- Are we alone? -- How about God in all that? ISBN 9780195156058.