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Alexandre Meinesz

How Life Began

Evolution's Three Geneses

Translated by Daniel Simberloff
296 pages, 15 color plates, 69 halftones  6 x 9  © 2008

Cloth $27.50

ISBN: 9780226519319   Published September 2008

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Henri’s Cave
Chapter 2. On the Origin of Life on Earth
Chapter 3. Papa, What’s a Bacterium?
Chapter 4. The Vampire Slug of the Killer Alga
Chapter 5. Vermeer and Van Leeuwenhoek
Chapter 6. The Densimeter
Chapter 7. The Lego Game
Chapter 8. Candide, Jurassic Park, and Noah
Chapter 9. The End of the Evolutionary String
Epilogue
Notes
Index
Awards
  • Choice Outstanding Academic Title Awards
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