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''Echoes of Life'' focuses on the history of the discipline of [[organic geochemistry]] from early experiments in the 1930s to modern areas of research. |
''Echoes of Life'' focuses on the history of the discipline of [[organic geochemistry]] from early experiments in the 1930s to modern areas of research. |
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Seventy years ago [[Alfred Triebs]] identified organic molecules, which he had extracted from rock and oil, as the fossilised remains of [[chlorophyl]] presumed to be from plants that had died millions of years in the past. <ref name="Alfred Triebs">{{cite book|last1=Gaines|first1=Susan M. |last2=Eglinton|first2=Geoffrey |last3=Rullkotter|first3=Jurgen |title=Echoes of Life: What Fossil Molecules Reveal about Earth History|date=6 November 2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0195176193|page=10|chapter=Preface}}</ref> |
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==Reception== |
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| Author | Susan M. Gaines, Geoffrey Eglinton, and Jurgen Rullkotter |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-Fiction |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | 2009 |
| Pages | 376 |
| ISBN | 9780195176193 |
Echoes of Life: What Fossil Molecules Reveal about Earth History is a book written by Susan M. Gaines, Geoffrey Eglinton, and Jurgen Rullkotter concerning organic chemistry and, in particular, the links between the living and the material Earth. It was published by Oxford University Press in 2009.
Synopsis
Echoes of Life focuses on the history of the discipline of organic geochemistry from early experiments in the 1930s to modern areas of research.
Seventy years ago Alfred Triebs identified organic molecules, which he had extracted from rock and oil, as the fossilised remains of chlorophyl presumed to be from plants that had died millions of years in the past. [1]
Reception
The book has received positive reviews in specialist scientific journals.
Bill Green, writing in Chemical & Engineering News, called it "a remarkable book" and a "highly readable introduction to the field of organic geochemistry"[2].
In BioScience, Karen Bushaw-Newton said "those who are looking to broaden their knowledge of the connections between chemical compounds and the diversity of life, will find Echoes of Life well worth reading."[3].
Katherine H. Freeman writing for Science said "the authors interweave an account of the development of biomarker research and sketches of what these fossil organic molecules tell us about the histories of Earth and life".[4]
Russell Shapiro writing in Astrobiology said the book tackles a complex but important chapter in the evolving amalgamation of biosciences. [5]
References
- ^ Gaines, Susan M.; Eglinton, Geoffrey; Rullkotter, Jurgen (6 November 2008). "Preface". Echoes of Life: What Fossil Molecules Reveal about Earth History. Oxford University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0195176193.
- ^ Green, Bill (July 20, 2009). "Tracing Earth History". Chemical and Engineering News. 87 (29): 49–50.
- ^ Bushaw-Newton, Karen. "Echoes of Life: What Fossil Molecules Reveal about Earth History". BioScience. 59 (8): 710–2. doi:10.1525/bio.2009.59.8.16.
- ^ Freeman, Katherine H (13 February 2009). "Bounties from Biomarkers". Science. 323 (5916): 879. doi:10.1126/science.1167929.
- ^ Shapiro, Russell (January 2009). "Echoes of Life: What Fossil Molecules Reveal about Earth History". Astrobiology. 9 (1). Mary Ann Liebert,: 138–139. doi:10.1089/ast.2008.0915.
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