Water and Life: The Unique Properties of H2ORuth M. Lynden-Bell, Simon Conway Morris, John D. Barrow, John L. Finney, Charles Harper Reflecting a rich technical and interdisciplinary exchange of ideas, Water and Life: The Unique Properties of H20 focuses on the properties of water and its interaction with life. The book develops a variety of approaches that help to illuminate ways in which to address deeper questions with respect to the nature of the universe and our place withi |
Contents
| 3 | |
Water and Life | 11 |
An Introduction to the Properties of Water | 29 |
Water as a Biomolecule | 49 |
Waters Hydrogen Bond Strength | 69 |
The Specific Properties of WaterHow and Why Water Is Eccentric | 87 |
Properties of Liquids Made from Modified Water Models | 89 |
Understanding the Unusual Properties of Water | 101 |
Counterfactual Biomolecular Physics | 213 |
Water the Solar System and the Origin of Life | 219 |
Sources of Terrestrial and Martian Water | 221 |
WaterThe Tough Love Parent of Life | 235 |
What Is the Diversity of Life in the Cosmos? | 249 |
The Primordial Bubble | 259 |
Liquids Biopolymers and Evolvability | 291 |
WaterThe Human Dimension | 301 |
Counterfactual Quantum Chemistry of Water | 119 |
Properties of Nanoconfined Water | 135 |
Water in Biochemistry | 155 |
Water | 157 |
FineTuning and Small Differences between Large Numbers | 177 |
FineTuning Protein Stability | 189 |
Water and Information | 203 |
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