Christian de Duve

Christian de Duve (2011) - The Future of Life

Ever since its first appearance, more than 3.5 billion years ago, life has evolved without guiding plan, propelled by: 1) its own intrinsic properties, which, with the help of outside energy, provided the necessary driving force; 2) accidental genetic modifications, which created variation; 3) natural selection, which favored the variant ..