{"product_id":"the-spark-of-life-darwin-and-the-primeval-soup-9780738204932","title":"The Spark of Life: Darwin and the Primeval Soup","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Christopher Wills\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Life Sciences - Evolution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355779358871,"sku":"9780738204932","price":1835.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780738204932.webp?v=1767309055","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-spark-of-life-darwin-and-the-primeval-soup-9780738204932","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}