co-evolving chemistry of the environment and life /
First Statement of Responsibility
R. J. P. Williams, R. E. M. Rickaby.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge, UK :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
RSC Pub.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2012.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxi, 319 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Outline of the main chemical factors in evolution -- 2. Geological evolution with some biological intervention -- 3. Organism development from the fossil record and the chemistry of the nature of biominerals -- 4. Cells: their basic organic chemistry and their environment -- 5. Other major elements in organism evolution -- 6. Trace elements in the evolution of organisms and the ecosystem -- 7. The amalgamation of the chemical and the genetic approaches to evolution.