Vital dust : life as a cosmic imperative / Christian de Duve.
Vital dust : life as a cosmic imperative / Christian de Duve.
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New York : Basic Books, c1995.
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T0386769
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English
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xix, 362 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Introduction: The Unity of Life; The Tree of Life; The Antiquity of Life; The Cradle of Life; The Probability of Life; Foresight Excluded; The Ages of Life -- Pt. I. The Age of Chemistry. Ch. 1. The Search for Origins. Ch. 2. The First Catalysts of Life. Ch. 3. The Fuel of Emerging Life. Ch. 4. The...
Ch. 21. Animals Fill the Oceans. Ch. 22. Animals Move Out of the Sea. Ch. 23. The Web of Life. Ch. 24. The Virtues of Junk DNA -- Pt. VI. The Age of the Mind. Ch. 25. The Step to Human. Ch. 26. The Brain. Ch. 27. The Workings of the Mind. Ch. 28. The Works of the Mind. Ch. 29. Values -- Pt. VII. The...
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New York : Basic Books, c1995.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c1995.
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Vital dust : life as a cosmic imperative / Christian de Duve.
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [341]-350.
Transferred from N577/61.
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c1995.
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T0386769
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74VKRAkyyOZl
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ISBN
0465090451 (paper)
9780465090440 :
0465090443 :
9780465090457 (paper)
DDC
577
MMS ID
991023218809702626
