{"product_id":"the-spark-of-life-christopher-wills-9780738204932","title":"The Spark of Life: Darwin and the Primeval Soup","description":"\"A highly readable survey of the historical prelude to the study of the origins of life, as well as selected areas of current research, including the search for extraterrestrial life.\"-NatureWhere did we come from? Did life arise on earth or on some other planet? What did the earliest primitive organisms look like? Untangling a century of contentious debate, the authors explore current theories of the source of life-from Martian meteors to hydrothermal vents-and then present their own elegant scenario: Life arose not in the subterranean depths, as many believe, but on Earth's tumultuous surface, where a primitive form of natural selection spawned the first genetic material, perhaps in the form of a proto-virus. Knowing exactly how life began on Earth will not only teach us more about ourselves, it will bring us closer to finding life elsewhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Wills, Jeffrey Bada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0738204935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780738204932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 5.96w x 0.78d","brand":"Christopher Wills","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925760213247,"sku":"9780738204932","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4f6c17af-ee0d-4bf6-a660-64e3b65c1dd2.jpg?v=1681079190","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-spark-of-life-christopher-wills-9780738204932","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}