Science Reference Guides
The Origins of Life & the Universe:
A Guide to Selected Resources
Science Reference Section
Science, Technology and Business Division
Library of Congress
Selected Titles ... Selected Internet Resources
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babies. Infant stars glow in the Serpens
Constellation's star-forming region, as seen through the Spitzer
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SELECTED TITLES
Astrobiology & Origins of Life
Chela Flores, Julian. The new science of astrobiology: from genesis
of the living cell to evolution of intelligent behaviour in the universe. Dordrecht,
Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001. 251 p. (Cellular origin and life
in extreme habitats, v. 3)
QH327.C54 2001
Fenchel, Tom. Origin and early evolution of life. Oxford, New
York, Oxford University Press, 2002. 171 p.
QH325.F42 2002
Hazen, Robert M. Genesis: the scientific quest for life’s
origin. Washington, Joseph Henry Press, c2005. 339 p.
QH325.H39 2005
Luisi, P. L. The emergence of life: from chemical origins
to synthetic biology. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, c2006.
315 p.
QH325.L85 2006
Lurquin, Paul F. The origins of life and the universe. New York, Columbia University Press, c2003. 217 p.
QH325.L87 2003
The Origin of life debate: molecules, cells and generation. Edited
and introduced by James E. Strick. Bristol, Eng., Thoemmes Continuum,
2004. 6 v.
QH325.O6912 2004 <SciRR>
Origins: genesis, evolution, and diversity of life. Edited by
Joseph Seckbach. Dordrecht, Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers,
c2004. 707 p. (Cellular origins, life in extreme habitats and astrobiology,
v. 6)
QH325.O6917 2004
Plaxco, Kevin W., and Michael Gross. Astrobiology: a brief introduction. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. 259 p.
QH325.P57 2006 <SciRR>
Zubay, Geoffrey L. Origins of life on the earth and in the
cosmos. 2nd ed. San Diego, Academic Press, c2000. 564 p.
QH325.Z83 2000 <SciRR>
Gene Silencing & RNA Interference (RNAi)
Gene silencing: new research. Grace W. Redberry, editor. New York, Nova
Science Publishers, c2006. 201 p.
QH450.G4634 2006
The Inside story: DNA to RNA to protein. Edited by Jan A. Witkowski.
Woodbury, N.Y., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, c2005. 382
p.
QP511.I57 2005 <SciRR>
"Readings from Trends in biochemical sciences".
The RNA world: the nature of modern RNA suggests a prebiotic
RNA world. Edited by Raymond F. Gesteland, Thomas R. Cech, and
John F. Atkins. 3rd ed. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory Press, c2006. 768 p. (Cold Spring Harbor monograph series,
43)
QP623.R6 2006 <SciRR>
RNAi: a guide to gene silencing. Edited by Gregory J. Hannon.
Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,
c2003. 436 p.
QH450.R628 2003 <SciRR>
Note: To locate additional titles on these and related topics, search the LC
Catalog under the following Subject Headings: Big bang theory, Human genome,
Life--Origin, RNA.
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SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES
Astronomy & Astrophysics Tracer Bullet
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/tracer-bullets/astronomytb.html
Fox, Douglas. “Primordial Soup's On: Scientists
Repeat Evolution's Most Famous Experiment -- Their results
could change the way we imagine life arose on early Earth.”
Scientific American.com. March 28, 2007.
http://sciam.com/
NASA: Origins
http://origins.jpl.nasa.gov/index1.html
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Deep Impact mission are putting together
a recipe for comet "soup" - the primordial stuff of planets, comets
and other bodies in our solar system.
Selected Internet Resources in Astronomy
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/selected-internet/astronomy-selected.html
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