{"product_id":"the-spark-of-life","title":"The Spark Of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A highly readable survey of the historical prelude to the study of the origins of life as well as selected areas of current research including the search for extraterrestrial life.\"-NatureWhere did we come from? Did life arise on earth or on some other planet? What did the earliest primitive organisms look like? Untangling a century of contentious debate the authors explore current theories of the source of life-from Martian meteors to hydrothermal vents-and then present their own elegant scenario: Life arose not in the subterranean depths as many believe but on Earth's tumultuous surface where a primitive form of natural selection spawned the first genetic material perhaps in the form of a proto-virus. Knowing exactly how life began on Earth will not only teach us more about ourselves it will bring us closer to finding life elsewhere.\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44788370636979,"sku":"9780738204932","price":1039.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477438679780738204932.jpg?v=1762832236","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-spark-of-life","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}