1st Edition

Origins of Life Volume II Contemplations and Doubts

By Vladivoj Valkovic Copyright 2025
382 Pages 48 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

382 Pages 48 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

382 Pages 48 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

In Origins of Life Volume II , life and its origin are inspected from traditional and unexpected points of view. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach, discussing astrobiology; chemical evolution; and how the Universe accommodates life, molecular biology, and philosophy. It is an open-minded approach, fully referenced throughout, and each chapter includes a further reading section for... Read more

Introduction

1. The Universe

2. Local Universe

3. Life

4. How Universe Accomodated Life - Origin of Life

5. Present Life in Universe

6. Physical, Philosphoical and Religious Considerations: End of Life, Death of Universe 

Biography

Dr. Vladivoj  (Vlado Valkovic), born 1939, a retired  professor of physics, is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Physics (London). He has authored 24 books, from Trace Elements published by Taylor and Francis, Ltd., International Scientific Publishers in 1975 to Low Energy Particle Accelerator-Based Technologies and Their Applications published by CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group in 2022. He is also author or coauthor 410 scientific and technical papers in international scientific journals in the research areas of nuclear physics, instrumentation application of nuclear techniques to problems in biology, medicine, environmental research and trace element analysis. Dr. Vlado Valkovic has also worked as a professor of physics, the head of laboratories, and as a scientific advisor for respected institutions around the world.