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

Name: Natural Selection of the Chemical Elements The Environment and Life's Chemistry
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ISBN: 9780198558422

ISBN-10: 0198558422

ISBN-13: 9780198558422

Edition: 1997

Authors: R. J. P. Williams, J. J. R Fraï¿½sto da Silva, J. J. R Fraï¿½sto da Silva

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This beautifully written book is a study of the intimate relationship between the inanimate environment and living organisms. It describes how the evolution of both has been interactive and interdependent: the environment and life developed together, The authors show that this can be explained in terms of the properties of the chemical elements and their compounds. It 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…

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List price: $67.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/29/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 7.80" wide x 9.84" long x 1.54" tall
Weight: 2.596
Language: English




The development of man's ideas concerning nature



Order in chemical systems: Elements and their combinations



The balance between order and disorder



Phase equilibria



Equilibria in dilute solutions in water



Limited phases, fields and compartments



Evolution of kinetic control and of organisation



The evolution of inorganic chemicals on Earth



The evolution of organic compounds



Early biological chemistry: The uptake and incorporation of elements in anaerobic organisms



Early cellular organisation in anaerobes



The structure and chemistry of organisms after the advent of dioxygen



Organisation in advanced organisms



Man's selection of the chemical elements



Element cycles and their evolution



The evolving natural selection of the chemical elements and the senses


Index