The Origins of Life and the Universe
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Author(s): Paul F. Lurquin Publisher: Columbia University Press Date: 2003-05-15 Format: PDF Language: English ISBN10: 0231126549 Pages: 248 ISBN13: 9780231126540 Product Description: This book is about origins: the origin of the universe, matter stars and planets systems, and finally, the origin of life -topics of profound interest that are rarely considered together. The Origins of Life and the Universe is a culmination of Lurquin?s own quest for understanding and his experiences in the classroom. The two pillars of modern physics, relativity and quantum theory, are elucidated in a way that shows the reader that the physical world of energy, matter, radiation (and their interactions) can be understood very precisely and often counter-intuitively -and how they can be applied to the Big Bang model of the creation of the universe. The book then considers the role of genetics and DNA and ultimately examines how "protocells" may have started a kind of integrated metabolism and how horizontal gene transfer may have speeded up evolution. Finally, Lurquin examines the possibilities of the end of life and the destruction of the universe, either by nuclear war or natural means.
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Waste to download. The text is selectively, I would say deliberately, missing pages.
True, pages are missing and that is unfortunate because the pages that are there contain explanations of complex phenomenon in such a simple and lucid way.Thanks nevertheless lionzbay for your efforts and hopefully we will see this wonderful book with all its pages uploaded by you soon.
Agreed, Indiaman.
thanks for ur comments guys....
No prob, lionzbay. We're hoping your can get this rectified since this text looks to be pretty sweet.
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