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The emergence of life : from chemical origins to synthetic biology / Pier Luigi Luisi, University of Rome 3.
Author
Luisi, P. L.
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English
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Second edition.
Published/Created
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Description
xiv, 464 pages ; 26 cm
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QH325 .L85 2016
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"Addressing the emergence of life from a systems biology perspective, this new edition has undergone extensive revision, reflecting changes in scientific understanding and evolution of thought on the question 'what is life?'. With an emphasis on the philosophical aspects of science, including the epistemic features of modern synthetic biology, and also providing an updated view of the autopoiesis/cognition theory, the book gives an exhaustive treatment of the biophysical properties of vesicles, seen as the beginning of the 'road map' to the minimal cell - a road map which will develop into the question of whether and to what extent synthetic biology will be capable of making minimal life in the laboratory. Fully illustrated, accessibly written, directly challenging the reader with provocative questions, offering suggestions for research proposals, and including dialogues with contemporary authors such as Humberto Maturana, Albert Eschenmoser and Harold Morowitz, this is an ideal resource for researchers and students across fields including bioengineering, evolutionary biology, molecular biology, chemistry and chemical engineering."--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Setting the stage
The hardware
Ascending the ramp of complexity
Experimental approaches to the origin of life
Origin of life from ground zero
Autopoiesis : the invariant property
Cognition
Self-organization
The notion of emergence
Self-replication and self-reproduction
The various types of surfactant aggregates
Vesicle reactivity and transformation
Biochemistry and molecular biology in vesicles
A panoramic view of synthetic biology
The minimal cell
Appendix. The open questions about the origin of life.
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ISBN
9781107092396 ((hardback))
1107092396 ((hardback))
LCCN
2015049383
OCLC
944954724
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