Aspects of Chemical Evolution
Proceedings of 17th Solvay Conference on Chemistry, Volume 55
Published on 16. September 2009
286 pages
978-0-470-14322-3 (ISBN)
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Gregoire Nicolis studied engineering at the Technical University of Athens and received his doctorate in physics from the Universite libre de Bruxelles, where he is currently Professor Emeritus at the Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems. His research focuses on the theory of irreversible processes, nonlinear phenomena, and complex systems.
Content
- ASPECTS OF CHEMICAL EVOLUTION
- CONTENTS
- JACQUES SOLVAY: The Solvay Conferences and the International Cooperation in Science
- EDOARDO AMALDI: The Solvay Conferences in Physics
- A. R. UBBELOHDE: The Solvay Conferences in Chemistry, 1922-1978
- I. PRIGOGINE: Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics and Chemical Evolution: An Overview
- MARCEL NICOLET: Atmospheric Chemistry
- R. ZANDER: Commentary: Observational Aspects Related to the Chemical Evolution of Our Atmosphere
- STANLEY L. MILLER: The Prebiotic Synthesis of Organic Molecules and Polymers
- PETER SCHUSTER: Commentary: On The Origin of Optical Activity
- RICHARD M. NOYES: Commentary: On Selection of Chirality
- C. SYBESMA: Commentary: A Prebiotic Origin of Photosynthesis?
- MANFRED EIGEN: The Origin and Evolution of Life at the Molecular Level
- ROBERT M. BOCK: Commentary: On Paper by Manfred Eigen
- J. W. SYUCKI: Optimization of Mitochondria1 Energy Conversions
- JOHN Ross AND PETER H. RICHTER: Commentary: Dissipation Regulation in Oscillatory Reactions. Application to Glycolysis
- E. SCHOFFENIELS: Commentary: A Complex Biological Oscillator
- G. NICOLIS: Bifurcations and Symmetry Breaking in Far-from-Equilibrium Systems: Toward a Dynamics of Complexity
- H. L. FIUSCH: Commentary: Stochastic Models of Synthesis of Asymmetric Forms
- JACK S. TURNER: Complex Periodic and Nonperiodic Behavior in the Belousov-Zhabotinski Reaction
- STUART A. KAUFFMAN: Bifurcations in Insect Morphogenesis
- R. THOMAS: Logical Description, Analysis, and Synthesis of Biological and Other Networks Comprising Feedback Loops
- Index
