| Description |
12 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (22 cm) |
| Series |
The Great courses: Science & mathematics |
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Great courses: Science & mathematics.
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| Performer |
Lecturer: Robert M. Hazen. |
| Note |
24 lectures on 12 discs. |
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In 2 containers. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. disc 1. The grand question of life's origins ; The historical setting of origins research -- disc. 2. What is life? ; Is there life on Mars? -- disc 3. Earth's oldest fossils ; Fossil isotopes -- Disc 4. Molecular biosignatures ; Emergence -- disc 5. The Miller-Urey experiment ; Life from the bottom of the sea -- disc 6. The deep, hot biosphere ; Experiments at high pressure. |
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pt. 2. disc 1. More experiments under pressure ; Deep space dust, molten rock, and zeolite -- disc 2. Macromolecules and the tree of life ; Lipids and membrane self-organization -- disc 3. Life on clay, clay as life ; Life's curious handedness -- disc 4. Self-replicating molecular systems ; Gunter Wachtershauser's grand hypothesis -- disc 5. The RNA world ; The pre-RNA world -- disc 6. Natural selection and competition ; Three scenarios for the origin of life. |
| Subject |
Life -- Origin -- Sound recordings.
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| Local Subject |
BOOKS ON COMPACT DISC.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1598031015 |
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9781598031010 |
| Music No. |
1515 Teaching Company |
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