How life began : evolution's three geneses / Alexandre Meinesz ; translated by Daniel Simberloff.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.

viii, 282 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Translated from the French.

Henri's cave -- On the origin of life on earth -- Papa, what's a bacterium? -- The vampire slug of the killer alga -- Vermeer and van Leeuwenhoek -- The densimeter -- The Lego game -- Candide, Jurassic Park, and Noah -- The end of the evolutionary string.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-277) and index.