{"product_id":"how-molecular-forces-and-rotating-planets-create-life-isbn-9780262045575","title":"How Molecular Forces and Rotating Planets Create Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eA reconceptualization of origins research that exploits a modern understanding of non-covalent molecular forces that stabilize living prokaryotic cells.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScientific research into the origins of life remains exploratory and speculative. Science has no definitive answer to the biggest questions--\"What is life?\" and \"How did life begin on earth?\" In this book, Jan Spitzer reconceptualizes origins research by exploiting a modern understanding of non-covalent molecular forces and covalent bond formation--a physicochemical approach propounded originally by Linus Pauling and Max Delbrück. Spitzer develops the Pauling-Delbrück premise as a physicochemical jigsaw puzzle that identifies key stages in life's emergence, from the formation of first oceans, tidal sediments, and proto-biofilms to progenotes, proto-cells and the first cellular organisms.Series Foreword xv\u003cbr\u003e A Note about This “Story” xvii\u003cbr\u003e Preface xix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xxv\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: A Physicochemical Framework for Origins Research 1\u003cbr\u003e 1 Understanding Biological Matter 19\u003cbr\u003e 2 Defining the Origins Problem 31\u003cbr\u003e 3 Structured Bacterial Life: No Bag of Enzymes 53\u003cbr\u003e 4 Bacterial Non-covalent Forces and Phase Separation 65\u003cbr\u003e 5 Bacterial Crowding and Vectorial Organization 85\u003cbr\u003e 6 The Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces 103\u003cbr\u003e 7 The Physicochemical Roots of Darwinian Evolution 129\u003cbr\u003e8 An Unexplored Experimental Paradigm of Cyclic Processes 141\u003cbr\u003e Summary 157\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Screened Electrostatic Interactions in Crowded Colloidal Systems 165\u003cbr\u003e Notes 171\u003cbr\u003e References 191\u003cbr\u003e Index 217Jan Spitzer, a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Queen Elizabeth College at the University of London, has had a long career in chemistry and polymer science, as Associate Professor, and Research and Development Manager in synthetic latex industry. He is the author or coauthor of numerous peer-reviewed papers, technical articles, and book chapters.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304710394085,"sku":"NP9780262045575","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262045575.jpg?v=1767729329","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/how-molecular-forces-and-rotating-planets-create-life-isbn-9780262045575","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}