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Life in the Universe

From the Miller Experiment to the Search for Life on other Worlds

Part of the book series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology (COLE, volume 7)

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Table of contents (75 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
  2. Opening

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction to Life in the Universe

      • Torrence V. Johnson
      Pages 3-5
    3. The Abdus Salam Lecture Introduction

      • H. Baltscheffsky
      Pages 7-8
    4. The Beginning of Chemical Evolution Experiments

      • S.L. Miller, J.L. Bada, A. Lazcano
      Pages 9-16
    5. An Overview of Cosmic Evolution

      • George V. Coyne
      Pages 17-26
    6. Physical Phenomena Underlying the Origin of Life

      • Juan Pérez-Mercader
      Pages 27-51
  3. Where did the Chemical Elements Come From and When did Life Begin?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
    2. The Origin of Biogenic Elements

      • F. Matteucci, C. Chiappini
      Pages 55-58
    3. Thermochemistry of the Dark Age

      • Denis Puy
      Pages 59-62
    4. Searching for Oldest Life on Earth: A Progress Report

      • Stephen Moorbath, Balz Samuel Kamber
      Pages 63-66
  4. Physical Constraints on the Origin of Life

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
    2. The Origin of Biomolecular Chirality

      • J. Rivera Islas, J. C. Micheau, T. Buhse
      Pages 73-77
    3. Salam Hypothesis and The Role of Phase Transition In Amino Acids

      • Wenqing Wang, Nan Yao, Yu Chen, Peng Lai
      Pages 79-82
    4. A Mechanism for the Prebiotic Emergence of Proteins

      • H. P. De Vladar, R. Cipriani, B. Scharifker, J. Bubis
      Pages 83-87
    5. Functional, Self-Referential Genetic Coding

      • Romeu Cardoso Guimarães, Carlos Henrique, Costa Moreira
      Pages 89-91
    6. Importance of Biased Synthesis in Chemical Evolution Studies

      • A. Negron-Mendoza, S. Ramos-Bernal, F. G. Mosqueira
      Pages 93-96
  5. From the Miller Experiment to Chemical and Biological Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

Editors and Affiliations

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    Joseph Seckbach

  • The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy

    Julian Chela-Flores

  • Instituto de Estudios Avanzados (IDEA), Caracas, Venezuela

    Julian Chela-Flores

  • Institute for Astronomy, Honolulu, USA

    Tobias Owen

  • Faculté des Sciences et Technologie, LISA,Universités Paris 12 & Paris 7, France

    François Raulin

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