The Origin of Life. From Nebula to Cell

Amazed by the beauty and diversity of the surrounding world, people have wondered for centuries: how did it come to be? How did the planets form, one of which gave rise to life? Why is earthly life based on carbon... and uses four types of links in DNA? Where in the Universe should we search for other forms of life, and how might they differ from us?

This book gathers the most recent answers from science to these questions. And although there are not always simple paths at the forefront of science, the author has honestly tried to make everything possible for the book to be understandable to readers distant from biology.

He logically and clearly formulates his ideas and passionately tells how, from cosmic dust and meteors through hot springs at the foot of volcanoes, a living cell arose to populate and transform the entire planet.

-This is the first of its kind study of all major ideas, hypotheses, and discoveries of the most recent times regarding the origin of life on Earth.
-There are no analogues to such a fundamental study not only in Russian popular science literature but also in the West.
-Despite the complexity of the topic and the consideration of the most important questions in modern biochemistry, genetics, and astrophysics, the author has tried to tell in a popular way about the forefront of modern science.