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Chemical Evolution: Molecular Evolution Towards the Origin of Living Systems on the Earth and Elsewhere

Chemical Evolution: Molecular Evolution Towards the Origin of Living Systems on the Earth and Elsewhere by Calvin, Melvin

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Chemical Evolution: Molecular Evolution Towards the Origin of Living Systems on the Earth and Elsewhere
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Calvin, Melvin
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Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1969. First edition. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY OF MELVIN CALVIN'S REVIEW OF THE ORIGIN OF LIFE BASED ON HIS NOBEL-WINNING DISCOVERY OF THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY. 9 inches tall softcover, color printed covers, errata slip laid in, inscribed and signed on title page, "For David Perlman/ David Calvin," i-ix, 278 pp, many illustrations. Light wear to covers, text unmarked, very good minus. MELVIN ELLIS CALVIN (1911 - 1997) was an American chemist most famed for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He spent most of his five-decade career at the University of California, Berkeley. Using the carbon-14 isotope as a tracer, Calvin, Benson and Bassham mapped the complete route that carbon travels through a plant during photosynthesis. "Surprisingly, in 2013, it came to light that some 20 vials of moon dust that had been returned to Earth after historic landings of Apollo 11 and 12, were found in storage by Berkeley Lab archivist Karen Nelson. These rarest extraterrestrial samples were the source of Calvin's studies of carbon compounds in moon rocks and lunar soil! Such is the importance of carbon fixation that the very existence of any of the compounds that result from photosynthetic carbon reduction are the signs of life as we know it."-- Govindjee, G., Nonomura, A. & Lichtenthaler, H.K. Remembering Melvin Calvin, a highly versatile scientist of the 20th century. Photosynth Res 143, 1–11 (2020). REVIEW OF THE BOOK BY STANLEY MILLER IN SCIENCE 1970: "It is generally believed that life began on the earth sometime between 4.5 and 3.5 billion years ago. The first step in this process was the synthesis of simple organic compounds from the constituents of the reducing atmosphere. This was followed by the polymerization of these simple compounds, and finally by the organization of the polymers into a self-replicating structure. This sequence of events is sometimes called chemical evolution, although it is not evolution in the Darwinian sense, inasmuch as reproduction, mutation, and selection are not involved before the first living organism artist. There has been considerable experimental investigation in this area the last 20 years, and the author of this book has made substantial contributions to the field. This book summarizes his view of the subject. The final sections deal with the possibility that life is present on other planets in the universe. Twenty years ago this was considered a relatively wild idea. Life on some other planet is now considered quite plausible, and discussion is centered on what fraction of the stars in the universe have planets with life on them and on how to detect radio signals from those planets that have civilizations at a later stage of development than our own. This book, written for readers interested in a broad and not too detailed view, is a good introduction to the field." STANLEY LLOYD MILLER (1930 – 2007) was an American chemist who made important experiments concerning the origin of life by demonstrating that a wide range of vital organic compounds can be synthesized by fairly simple chemical processes from inorganic substances. In 1952 he performed the Miller–Urey experiment (Science, Vol. 117, pp 528-530, 1953), which showed that complex organic molecules could be synthesized from inorganic precursors. The experiment was widely reported, and provided evidence for the idea that the chemical evolution of the early Earth had caused the natural synthesis of organic compounds from inanimate inorganic molecules. PROVENANCE: DAVID PERLMAN (1920-1980) earned his PhD in biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin in 1945. In 1967, after some 23 years in the fermentation phase of the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Perlman moved to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, first as Knapp visiting professor, then as Professor of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry in the School of Pharmacy. The opportunities at the School of Pharmacy included the possibility of enlarging his research activities and teaching both undergraduate and graduate students. From 1968 until June 1975 he served as Dean of the School while carrying out his teaching responsibilities and supervising an active research program.

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