The Chemistry of Life's Origins /

The now recognized extensive existence of life on earth very shortly after the destructive bombardment of the earth's surface by early solar system debris has stimulated inquiry into possible exogenous sources of prebiotic molecules from space as well as intensified studies of the early earth&#...

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Main Author: Greenberg, J. M.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Mendoza-Gómez, C. X., Pirronello, V.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint : Springer, 1993.
Series:NATO ASI series. Mathematical and physical sciences ; 416.
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