Demystifying biology: Did life begin as a complex system?

Complexity

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-35

  Lauterbur, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous solids; Chemical evolution; Molecular imprints; Origins of biology; Soft matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744436823     PISSN: 10762787     EISSN: 10990526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cplx.20097     Document Type: Review

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