Draws on advances in molecular genetics evolutionary biology astrobiologyand other disciplines to find answers to the question of life. This bookdiscusses the v... » 

Draws on advances in molecular genetics evolutionary biology astrobiologyand other disciplines to find answers to the question of life. This bookdiscusses the various answers that have been formulated in the past settingcontemporary definitions of life within a rich philosophical and scientifictradition that reaches back to ancient Greece. «