Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The planetary scope of biogenesis: the biosphere is the fourth geosphere
- 2 The organization of life on Earth today
- 3 The geochemical context and embedding of the biosphere
- 4 The architecture and evolution of the metabolic substrate
- 5 Higher-level structures and the recapitulation of metabolic order
- 6 The emergence of a biosphere from geochemistry
- 7 The phase transition paradigm for emergence
- 8 Reconceptualizing the nature of the living state
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2016
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The planetary scope of biogenesis: the biosphere is the fourth geosphere
- 2 The organization of life on Earth today
- 3 The geochemical context and embedding of the biosphere
- 4 The architecture and evolution of the metabolic substrate
- 5 Higher-level structures and the recapitulation of metabolic order
- 6 The emergence of a biosphere from geochemistry
- 7 The phase transition paradigm for emergence
- 8 Reconceptualizing the nature of the living state
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
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- The Origin and Nature of Life on EarthThe Emergence of the Fourth Geosphere, pp. v - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016