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DARWINIAN EVOLUTION OF MOLECULES - HIROMOTO NAK...

On the basis of thermodynamic considerations and the Earth¿s historical processes  this book
argues the physical inevitability of life¿s generation and evolution  i.e.  Why did life
generate? Why does life evolve? Following an introduction to the problem  the hypothesis
¿Darwinian Evolution of Molecules¿ is proposed  which explains how  when  and where life was
instigated through successive chemical reactions and the survival of selected molecules. The
individual processes described are all scientifically reasonable  being verifiable by
experiment. The hypothesis is supported by extensive reference to the scientific literature
published in academic journals  including some experimental reports from the author¿s own
research group. The readers of this book will learn that the decreasing temperature of the
early Earth led to a reduction in its entropy  inducing the Earth¿s materials to order  which
entailed ordering of the light elements as organic molecules with subsequent further ordering
(i.e.  evolution) to systems that can be considered alive (i.e.  life). Researchers and
students  as well as the non-academic audience  interested in the interdisciplinary problem of
the origin of life will find suggestions and possible approaches to the scientific and
conceptual problems they may be facing.

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