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.
- ISBN10 6610638578
- ISBN13 9786610638574
- Publish Date 1 January 2006 (first published 29 November 2005)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 27 September 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Elsevier Science & Technology
- Format eBook
- Pages 494
- Language English