{"product_id":"seven-clues-to-the-origin-of-life-a-scientific-detective-story-paperback-9780521398282","title":"Seven Clues to the Origin of Life; A Scientific Detective Story (Paperback) 9780521398282","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSeven Clues to the Origin of Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Scientific Detective Story\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book addresses the question of how life may have arisen on earth, in the spirit of an intriguing detective story.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eA. G. Cairns-Smith (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521398282, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 13 September 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e144 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.5 x 13.6 x 1.2 cm, 0.169 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… a splendid story - and a much more convincing one than the molecular biologists can offer as an alternative. Cairns-Smith has argued his case before in the technical scientific literature, here he sets it out in a way from which anyone - even those whose chemistry and biology stopped at 16 - can learn.' New Statesman\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book addresses the question of how life may have arisen on earth, in the spirit of an intriguing detective story. It relies on the methods of Sherlock Holmes, in particular his principle that one should use the most paradoxical features of a case to crack it. This approach to the essential biological problems is not merely light-hearted, but a fascinating scrutiny of some very fundamental questions.  'I know of no other book that succeeds as well as this one in maintaining the central question in focus throughout. It is a summary of the best evolutionary thinking as applied to the origins of life in which the important issues are addressed pertinently, economically and with a happy recourse to creative analogies.'  Nature '… a splendid story - and a much more convincing one than the molecular biologists can offer as an alternative. Cairns-Smith has argued his case before in the technical scientific literature, here he sets it out in a way from which anyone - even those whose chemistry and biology stopped at sixteen - can learn.'   New Statesman\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Sources of quotations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Inquest\u003cbr\u003e 2. Messages, messages\u003cbr\u003e 3. Build your own E. coli\u003cbr\u003e 4. The inner machinery\u003cbr\u003e 5. A garden path?\u003cbr\u003e 6. Look more closely at the signposts\u003cbr\u003e 7. A clue in a Chinese box\u003cbr\u003e 8. Missing pieces\u003cbr\u003e 9. The trouble with molecules\u003cbr\u003e 10. Crystals\u003cbr\u003e 11. The clay-making machine\u003cbr\u003e 12. Gene-1\u003cbr\u003e 13. Evolving by direct action\u003cbr\u003e 14. Takeover\u003cbr\u003e 15. Summing-up: the seven clues\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Evolution [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Evolution\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Evolution%20%5BPSAJ%5D%22\"\u003ePSAJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45978345079064,"sku":"9780521398282","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521398282i_9e60ee42-8a2c-44fa-9f61-e772c10e94f6.jpg?v=1691381091","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/seven-clues-to-the-origin-of-life-a-scientific-detective-story-paperback-9780521398282","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}