About this title: The central thesis of The Natural Selection of the Chemical Elements is that the inanimate environment and living organisms are intimately connected, and that the evolution of both has been interactive and interdependent: the environment and life developed together. The authors show that this can be explained in terms of the properties of the chemical elements and their compounds, especially as compounds have developed with time. The first part of the book discusses the physical and chemical balance between ordered and disordered systems and then analyses organisation in both the animate and ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780198558439ISBN:0198558430
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Description: New in no jacket. pp. 646. Explores the relationship between the chemical elements & both living & non-living systems around us. The Earthís chemical environment & living systems are totally interactive. Biological evolution is seen as being driven by chemical changes of the environment involving at least 20 elements. Introduces relevant knowledge of inorganic & organic chemistry & the physics or physical chemistry which is needed to appreciate both minerals & living organisms. Describes the ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford at the Clarendon Press,
Date Published: 1996.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780198558422ISBN:0198558422
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780198558422ISBN:0198558422
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780198558422ISBN:0198558422
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 246x189 mm. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (672) this important landmark book shows that the evolution of the species is related to the evolution of the environment and that the reverse is also true. the environment and life developed together. there is then an intriguing problem for the long-term future of life if man changes the environment-even if only of trace (catalytic) elements. (Paperback) read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1996-05-23
ISBN-13:9780198558439ISBN:0198558430
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780198558422ISBN:0198558422
Description: New. A study of the relationship between the inanimate environment and living organisms. It describes how the evolution of both has been interdependent, and explains this in terms of the chemical elements and their compounds. Kinetic and thermodynamic prin... read more
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