Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Herrera, Alfonso L. (1868-1942)
Cleaves, H. James (II)
Cleaves, Henderson James
Titre(s) : Herrera's 'Plasmogenia' and other collected works [Texte électronique] : early writings on the experimental study of the origin of life / Henderson James Cleaves ... [and more]
Publication : New York, NY : Springer, 2014
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (ix, 209 pages)
Note(s) : "This work collects a translation of Nocines de Biologia, originally published in
1904 by Imprenta de la Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico, a reprint of Plasmogeny, originally
published as a chapter in Colloid Chemistry: Theoretical and Applied, volume 2: Biology
and Medicine, in 1928 by the Chemical Catalog Company, Inc., and a translation of
La Plasmogenia: Neuva Ciencia del Origen de la Vida, originally published in 1932
in Spain by Cuadernos de Cultura, Valencia.". - Includes bibliographical references. - Print version record.
This book collects three outstanding examples of the work of Mexican biologist Alfonso
Luis Herrera (1868-1942), a pioneer in experimental origins of life research. Two
of the collected works appear here in English for the first time. Herrera's works
represent the attempt to deal experimentally with the issue of an autotrophic origin
of life, a possibility that was widely accepted prior to Alexander I. Oparin's ideas
regarding the possibility of organic synthesis and the origin of life in an early
Earth environment. An active promoter of Darwinian ideas in Latin America, Herrera
was also among the first 20th century researchers to attempt to 'create life in a
test tube.' This collection shows the remarkable prescience of researchers in Mexico
with regards to laboratory approaches to the problem of the origin of life. It also
includes a modern commentary by researchers actively engaged in research in prebiotic
evolution and the origins of life, and deeply concerned with the historical development
of ideas in these fields. The list includes H. James Cleaves, Antonio Lazcano, Ismael
Ledesma Mateos, Alicia Negrón-Mendoza, Juli Peretó and Ervin Silva, who discuss in
detail the relevance of Herrera's ideas to modern theory and their historical context.
The book will expose modern readers and researchers to currents of thinking that have
been lost, largely to time and language inaccessibility, of a seminal early theoretical
biologist
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Herrera, Alfonso L. (1868-1942). Fonction indéterminée
Indice(s) Dewey :
576.83 (23e éd.) = Origine de la vie ; 576.8 (23e éd.) = Évolution
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781493907366
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44667823v
Notice n° :
FRBNF44667823
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 1. Notes ; 2. Foreword by Professor James Strick ; 3. Introduction ; 4. Nociones
de Biologia ("Concepts in Biology") ; 5. Plasmogeny ; 6. La Plasmogenia, Una Nueva
Ciencia de la Vida ("Plasmogeny, A New Science of Life').
