How Molecular Forces and Rotating Planets Create Life: The Emergence and Evolution of Prokaryotic Cells...

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Jan Spitzer

How Molecular Forces and Rotating Planets Create Life

The Emergence and Evolution of Prokaryotic Cells

Jan Spitzer

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MIT Press
04 May 2021

Biology, life sciences

Series: Vienna Series in Theoretical B

A reconceptualization of origins research that exploits a modern understanding of non-covalent molecular forces that stabilize living prokaryotic cells.

A reconceptualization of origins research that exploits a modern understanding of non-covalent molecular forces that stabilize living prokaryotic cells.

Scientific research into the origins of life remains exploratory and speculative. Science has no definitive answer to the biggest questions--""What is life?"" and ""How did life begin on earth?"" In this book, Jan Spitzer reconceptualizes origins research by exploiting a modern understanding of non-covalent molecular forces and covalent bond formation--a physicochemical approach propounded originally by Linus Pauling and Max Delbr ck. Spitzer develops the Pauling-Delbr ck premise as a physicochemical jigsaw puzzle that identifies key stages in life's emergence, from the formation of first oceans, tidal sediments, and proto-biofilms to progenotes, proto-cells and the first cellular organisms.

By: Jan Spitzer
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9780262045575
ISBN 10: 0262045575
Series: Vienna Series in Theoretical B
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 04 May 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Series Foreword xv A Note about This “Story” xvii Preface xix Acknowledgments xxv Introduction: A Physicochemical Framework for Origins Research 1 1 Understanding Biological Matter 19 2 Defining the Origins Problem 31 3 Structured Bacterial Life: No Bag of Enzymes 53 4 Bacterial Non-covalent Forces and Phase Separation 65 5 Bacterial Crowding and Vectorial Organization 85 6 The Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces 103 7 The Physicochemical Roots of Darwinian Evolution 129 8 An Unexplored Experimental Paradigm of Cyclic Processes 141 Summary 157 Appendix: Screened Electrostatic Interactions in Crowded Colloidal Systems 165 Notes 171 References 191 Index 217

Jan Spitzer, a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Queen Elizabeth College at the University of London, has had a long career in chemistry and polymer science, as Associate Professor, and Research and Development Manager in synthetic latex industry. He is the author or coauthor of numerous peer-reviewed papers, technical articles, and book chapters.