The Natural Selection of the Chemical Elements: The Environment and Life's Chemistry

Williams, R. J. P.; Fraústo da Silva, J. J. R.

ISBN 10: 0198558430 / ISBN 13: 9780198558439

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1996

Binding at spine is unglued from the textblock but still intact. Contents are clean, complete and undamaged: no highlights, no writings, and no underlines. Very readable and usable. Book was donated to Friends of Omaha Public Library. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 260418016

Inhaltsangabe:

This beautifully written book is a study of the physical relationship between the inanimate environment and living organisms. It describes how the evolution of both has been interactive and interdependent; the authors show that this can be explained in terms of the properties of the chemical elements and their compounds. The book discusses the physical and chemical balances between the animate and inanimate worlds, with kinetic and thermodynamic principles given to support this analysis. These principles are applied to both organic and inorganic chemical systems to provide a basis for understanding the evolution of life in terms of the interaction of both types of chemistry within ever more complex organizations. The book concludes with an examination of an intriguing problem: the long-term consequences of our manufacture and exploitation of chemicals. This intervention may be altering the symbiotic relationship between life and the environment, an issue of great concern to ecologists and biologists as well as those who study chemistry.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Natural Selection of the Chemical ...
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
Einband: hardcover
Zustand: Used; good