The monograph discusses models of synthetic protocells, which are cell-like structures obtained from non-living matter endowed with some rudimentary kind of met

Teams of scientists around the world are racing to create protocells--microscopic, self-organizing entities that spontaneously assemble from simple organic and

Throughout the ages architects have attempted to capture the essence of living systems as design inspiration. However, practitioners of the built environment ha

The first comprehensive general resource on state-of-the-art protocell research, describing current approaches to making new forms of life from scratch in the l

Develops a model of the origin of life in which cells originate first, proteins follow, and genes evolve last, which is supported by evidence mustered from biol