عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
QH325 .D42 1995
QH325
.
D42
1995
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0465090443
(Number (ISBN
0465090451
(Number (ISBN
9780465090440
(Number (ISBN
9780465090457
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Vital dust :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
life as a cosmic imperative /
First Statement of Responsibility
Christian de Duve.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Basic Books,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[1995]
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©1995
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xix, 362 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-350) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
The search for Origins -- The First Catalysts of Life -- The Fuel of Emerging life -- The Advent of RNA -- RNA Takes Over -- The Code -- Genes in the Making -- Freedom and Constraints -- Encapsulating Life -- Turning Membranes into Machines -- Adaptation to Life in Confinement -- The Ancestor of All Life -- The Universality of Life -- Bacteria Conquer the World -- The Making of a Eukaryote -- The Primitive Phagocyte -- The Guests That Stayed -- The benefits of cellular Collectivism -- The Greening of the Earth -- The First Animals -- Animals Fill the Oceans -- Animals Move Out of the Sea -- The Web of Life -- The Virtues of Junk DNA -- The Step to human -- The brain -- The Workings of the Mind -- The Works of the Mind -- The Future of Life -- The Meaning of life.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The author guides us on a wondrous journey through the past four billion years, from the formation of the first biomolecules to the complexities of the human mind, from microscopic chains of amino acids and nucleotides to cataclysmic events in distant galaxies, arriving at the compelling conclusion that the universe is strewn with "vital dust" capable of spawning life anywhere under the right conditions. Life and mind are not accidents; they are natural manifestations of matter. At the heart of Vital Dust is the concept of seven increasingly complex "ages" of life on Earth. With each age, de Duve shows the key event that defined the age and the new event that led to the next. He argues that simple, deterministic chemical reactions put life on track but that other mechanisms led inexorably to greater complexity and biodiversity: the development of a lock-and-key system that serves as the universal device of biological recognition at the molecular level; the emergence of a common ancestor of all organisms, from amoebas to humans; the great oxygen holocaust; the conversion of some bacteria into complex cells; and the successive improvements in reproductive strategies that made possible the spectacular diversity of life on Earth.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Vital dust.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Evolution (Biology)
Life (Biology)
Life-- Origin.
Biological Evolution.
Evolution, Chemical.
Origin of Life.
Biogenese.
Evolutie.
Évolution (biologie)
Evolution (Biology)
Evolution.
Life (Biology)
Life (Biology)
Life-- Origin.
Life-- Origin.
Vie (biologie)
Vie (biologie)-- Origines.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
577
Edition
20
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QH325
Book number
.
D42
1995
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
42
.
02
Class number
2003
A-805
Class number
QH
325
Book Number
D299v
1995
System Code
bcl
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
De Duve, Christian
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20200822113733.0
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
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