On What It is to Fly Can Tell Us Something About What It is to Live

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-177

  Malaterre, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Definition of life; Living systems; Origin of life; Pluralism

Indexed keywords

HEURISTICS; ORIGIN OF LIFE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; NOMENCLATURE;

BIOGENESIS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77951766216     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-010-9196-z     Document Type: Article

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