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Přestože nemůžeme vyloučit, že se život v nějaké primitivní podobě nachází i jinde ve sluneční soustavě, pouze na Zemi se jedná o fenomén takřka všudypřítomný. V nejrůznějších formách jej najdeme na souši i v oceánech, ve vzduchu i pod zemí, v termálních pramenech i na vrcholcích hor. O životě víme mnohé, ale řešení té nejdůležitější otázky nám nadále uniká. Kdysi si ji v knize Co je život? (1944) položil i slavný fyzik Erwin Schrödinger a jeho příkladu následovaly celé zástupy vědců. Kdy se neživot změnil v život? Kde se to...

Traditionally, physical organic chemistry and theoretical organic chemistry have been treated as separate disciplines. This new book bridges these two areas in order to give the reader a new perspective on the nature of organic reactivity. A key element of this new approach is the author's extensive nonmathematical description of the recently developed curve-crossing model that describes why chemical reactions have an activation barrier, and specifies the factors that govern the barrier heights. In addition, the author draws from physical chemistry and transition-metal chemistry to present an...

Seventy years ago, Erwin Schrodinger posed a profound question: 'What is life, and how did it emerge from non-life?' This problem has puzzled biologists and physical scientists ever since.
Living things are hugely complex and have unique properties, such as self-maintenance and apparently purposeful behaviour which we do not see in inert matter. So how does chemistry give rise to biology? What could have led the first replicating molecules up such a path? Now, developments in the emerging field of 'systems chemistry' are unlocking the problem. Addy Pross shows how the different kind of...