A brief history of creation : science and the search for the origin of life / Bill Mesler and H. James Cleaves II.

A brief history of creation : science and the search for the origin of life / Bill Mesler and H. James Cleaves II.

By
Mesler, Bill.

Publication Date
2016

Publication Information
New York : W.W. Norton & Company,

Physical Description
xvii, 312 p. : ill.

Subject Term
Life.
 
Evolution (Biology)

Geographic Term
Life -- Origin.

Additional Contributors
Cleaves, H. James. II.

Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-286) and index.

Summary
An essential history of Western scientific studies into the origins of life examines historical discoveries in the contexts of philosophical debates, political change, and evolving understandings about the complexities of biology. Bill Mesler is a journalist living in Washington, D.C. H. James Cleaves II is a professor at the Earth-Life Science Institute in Tokyo.

Language
English

ISBN
9780393083552


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