By
R.J.P Williams, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
J.J.R Fraústo da Silva, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Description
Conventionally, evolution has always been described in terms of species.
The Chemistry of Evolution takes a novel, not
to say revolutionary, approach and examines the evolution of chemicals and the use and degradation of energy, coupled to the environment,
as the drive behind it. The authors address the major changes of life from bacteria to man in a systematic and unavoidable sequence,
reclassifying organisms as chemotypes. Written by the authors of the bestseller The Biological Chemistry of the Elements - The Inorganic
Chemistry of Life (Oxford University Press, 1991), the clarity and precision of
The Chemistry of Evolution plainly demonstrate
that life is totally interactive with the environment. This exciting theory makes this work an essential addition to the academic and
public library.
Audience:
Students, academics and researchers in inorganic and organic chemistry, as well as those interested in uncovering the position of living organisms in a changing environment
