by L. E. Orgel · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420621388
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«Los orígenes de la vida» is the popular science essay by L. E. Orgel on the origin of life, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (248 pages, in Spanish).
The book brings together the hypotheses that would explain how the inorganic components of the Earth could have organized themselves to give rise to the first living beings. Orgel starts from the formation of simple organic molecules in the reducing atmosphere and their accumulation in oceans and lakes as a prebiotic broth, and goes on to the appearance of polymers and self-replicating nucleic acids subject to natural selection. He also mentions the detection of organic molecules in interstellar clouds as an indication that similar processes could have occurred elsewhere in the universe.
Work included in the Alianza Universidad collection. The author is Leslie E. Orgel, a British chemist known for his work on the origin of life.
