Titre :	Origins of life
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Brooks, J., Auteur
Mention d'édition :	1st ed.
Editeur :	Tring Herts, England : Lion Publishing
Année de publication :	c1985
Importance :	160 p.
Présentation :	illustrations (some color)
Format :	25 cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-85648-809-2
Note générale :	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	Geology. Life--origin
Index. décimale :	QH 325
Note de contenu :	Today's answer to the age old questions -- In the beginning : The big bang theory ; Continuous creation/steady state theory -- Dating the distant past : The geological column -- Measuring geological time : What is radioactivity? ; Physical clocks ; Carbon-14 dating -- What the universe is made of : The Doppler effect ; The hidden universe -- The stars and their origins -- The origin of our solar system -- The solar planets and moons : The interior of the earth ; Continental drift ; Plate tectonics ; The moon ; Viking exploration on Mars -- The early earth and the origins of life : Defining life -- Chance or purpose? -- Biosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere : The chemicals of life -- Chemical evolution theory -- The Precambrian rocks and early life : Was there life 3,700-3,900 million years ago? -- Where is the evidence for chemical evolution? -- Meteorites -- What happened to the dinosaurs? -- Life from space : Chariots of the gods? -- Molecules in interstellar space -- Science and creation : The gunflint formation.

Origins of life [texte imprimé] / Brooks, J., Auteur  . -  1st ed. . - Tring Herts, England : Lion Publishing, c1985 . - 160 p. : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-85648-809-2
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	Geology. Life--origin
Index. décimale :	QH 325
Note de contenu :	Today's answer to the age old questions -- In the beginning : The big bang theory ; Continuous creation/steady state theory -- Dating the distant past : The geological column -- Measuring geological time : What is radioactivity? ; Physical clocks ; Carbon-14 dating -- What the universe is made of : The Doppler effect ; The hidden universe -- The stars and their origins -- The origin of our solar system -- The solar planets and moons : The interior of the earth ; Continental drift ; Plate tectonics ; The moon ; Viking exploration on Mars -- The early earth and the origins of life : Defining life -- Chance or purpose? -- Biosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere : The chemicals of life -- Chemical evolution theory -- The Precambrian rocks and early life : Was there life 3,700-3,900 million years ago? -- Where is the evidence for chemical evolution? -- Meteorites -- What happened to the dinosaurs? -- Life from space : Chariots of the gods? -- Molecules in interstellar space -- Science and creation : The gunflint formation.