Hazen, Robert M.  1948-   <br/><br/>
Origins of life / 
 Transcript book 
Robert M. Hazen 
 - Chantilly, Virginia :  The Teaching Company,  2005. 
 - iv, 483 p ;  19 cm. 
 - The Great Courses  Science & mathematics. .
 - The Great courses .
 - The Great Courses .
<br/><br/> Course no. 1515.  "Science & mathematics"--Container   Course consists of 24 lectures. 
<br/><br/>Lecture 1. The Grand Question of Life's Origins ; Lecture 2. The Historical Setting of Origins Research ; Lecture 3. What is Life? ; Lecture 4. Is There Life on Mars? Lecture 5. Earth's Oldest Fossils ; Lecture 6. Fossil Isotopes ; Lecture 7. Molecular Biosignatures ; Lecture 8. Emergence ; Lecture 9. The Miller-Urey Experiment ; Lecture 10. Life from the Bottom of the Sea ; Lecture 11. The Deep, Hot Biosphere ; Lecture 12. Experiments at High Pressure. Lecture 13. More Experiments Under Pressure ; Lecture 14. Deep Space Dust, Molten Rock, and Zeolite ; Lecture 15. Macromolecules and the Tree of Life ; Lecture 16. Lipids and Membrane Self-Organization ; Lecture 17. Life on Clay, Clay as Life ; Lecture 18. Life's Curious Handedness ; Lecture 19. Self-Replicating Molecular Systems ; Lecture 20. Günter Wächtershäuser's Grand Hypothesis ; Lecture 21. The RNA World ; Lecture 22. The Pre-RNA World ; Lecture 23. Natural Selection and Competition ; Lecture 24. Three Scenarios for the Origin of Life. 
<br/><br/> An overview of the current understanding of life's origins. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781598031034 (pbk) 1598031031 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Education. <br/>Teaching.<br/>Educación<br/>Enseñanza<br/>Origen de la vida. <br/>Evolución
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB 14.6  / H429o 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>370