Download or read book The Origins of Life and the Universe written by Paul F. Lurquin and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Because his undergraduate course Origins of Life was so popular, and because there is so much discussion of the matter in both religious and scientific realms, biochemist Lurquin thought that the general public might by interested as well in a synopsis and synthesis of the current thinking. So he revised his course notes for lay readers, to demonstrate that the logic of science can be used to make deep sense of the world from the creation of the universe to the creation of life and its diversification. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).