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Cosmochemical Evolution and the Origins of Life

Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the Origin of Life and the First Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life Barcelona, June 25-28, 1973. Volume I: Invited Papers

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  • © 1974

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Editors:
  1. J. Oró

    1. Departments of Biophysical Sciences and Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, USA
      Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

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  2. S. L. Miller

    1. Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, USA

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  3. C. Ponnamperuma

    1. Laboratory of Chemical Evolution, Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

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  4. R. S. Young

    1. NASA, USA

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Table of contents (42 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Preface

    1. Preface

      • J. Oró, S. L. Miller, C. Ponnamperuma, R. S. Young
      Pages 1-3

  4. Paleobiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Natural Evidence for Chemical and Early Biological Evolution

      • Keith A. Kvenvolden
      Pages 71-86

    3. Aspects of the Geologic History of Seawater

      • Heinrich D. Holland
      Pages 87-91

    4. Homeostatic Tendencies of the Earth’s Atmosphere

      • James E. Lovelock, Lynn Margulis
      Pages 93-103

    5. Microfossils from the Middle Precambrian McArthur Group, Northern Territory, Australia

      • M. D. Muir
      Pages 105-118

    6. The Development and Diversification of Precambrian Life

      • J. William Schopf
      Pages 119-135

  5. Primordial Organic Chemistry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. The Atmosphere of the Primitive Earth and the Prebiotic Synthesis of Amino Acids

      • Stanley L. Miller
      Pages 139-151

    3. Biomolecules from HCN

      • J. P. Ferris, J. D. Wos, T. J. Ryan, A. P. Lobo, D. B. Donner
      Pages 153-157

    4. The Prebiotic Synthesis of Oligonucleotides

      • J. Oró, E. Stephen-Sherwood
      Pages 159-172

    5. The Possible Role of Clays in Prebiotic Peptide Synthesis

      • Mella Paecht-Horowitz
      Pages 173-187

    6. Interactions between Amino Acids and Nucleotides in the Prebiotic Milieu

      • Carl Saxinger, Cyril Ponnamperuma
      Pages 189-200

    7. Coacervate Systems and Origin of Life

      • T. N. Evreinova, T. W. Mamontova, V. N. Karnauhov, S. B. Stephanov, U. R. Hrust
      Pages 201-205
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About this book

This publication, in two volumes, includes most of the scientific papers presented at the first meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life (ISSOL), held on June 25-28, 1973 in Barcelona, Spain. The first volume contains the invited articles and the second volume the contributed papers, which also appear in the 1974 and 1975 issues, respectively, of the new journal Origins of Life, published by D. Reidel. A relatively large number of meetings on the subject of the origin of life have been held in different places since 1957. In terms of its organization, scope, and number and nationality of participants, the Conference celebrated last year in Barcelona closely followed the three international conferences held earlier in Moscow, U.S.S.R., 1957, Wakulla Springs, U.S.A., 1963, and Pont-a-Mousson, France, 1970. For this reason the first ISSOL meeting was also named the Ath International Conference on the Origin of Life.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Departments of Biophysical Sciences and Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, USA

    J. Oró

  • Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    J. Oró

  • Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, USA

    S. L. Miller

  • Laboratory of Chemical Evolution, Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    C. Ponnamperuma

  • NASA, USA

    R. S. Young

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cosmochemical Evolution and the Origins of Life

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the Origin of Life and the First Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life Barcelona, June 25-28, 1973. Volume I: Invited Papers

  • Editors: J. Oró, S. L. Miller, C. Ponnamperuma, R. S. Young

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2239-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1974

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0472-6Due: 01 September 1974

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-2241-5Published: 13 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-2239-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 524

  • Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

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