Overview
- Topical book covering all aspects of, and offering multidisciplinary sources of information about Life
- Compiled with all levels in mind - from novice to professional
- Written by professionals in this field including three Nobel Laureates
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology (COLE, volume 10)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Life as we know it
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Life in the context of the new science of astrobiology
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Deeper issues of the phenomenon of life
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Summary and conclusions
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Back Matter
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About this book
Life As we Know It ["LAKI"] covers several aspects of Life, ranging from the prebiotic level, origin of life, evolution of prokaryotes to eukaryotes and finally to various affairs of human beings. Although it is hard to define Life, one can, however, characterize it and describe its features. Topics treated are categories of bacteria, algae and fungi, conscience, philosophy, theology, aesthetics, appearance of sport and life destiny, life after clinical death, and thoughts of the world to come ("Olam Haba").
The various chapters have been written so that they are accessible to all - from the avid lay reader to the specialist – and make available multidisciplinary sources of information about Life.
The information presented here on the various phenomena of Life were all written by highly qualified authors including scientists, public leaders, a professional athelete and three Nobel Laureates.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Life as We Know It
Editors: Joseph Seckbach
Series Title: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4403-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4394-9Published: 18 September 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7121-7Published: 02 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-4403-8Published: 21 September 2006
Series ISSN: 1566-0400
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0048
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 765
Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Developmental Biology, Life Sciences, general, Cell Biology, Biodiversity, Microbiology