Table of Contents: “... -- Is the Universe Finite? -- Early History of the Earth -- Common Ancestors -- Origin of Life -- Complexity in the Universe -- Evolution of the Earth through the Ages -- Earth as an Integrated System -- Life Cycles of Stars -- Life in other Worlds -- Our Place...”

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Table of Contents: “...Preface -- Chapter 1 - What is Life? -- Chapter 2 - Life's Grand Themes -- Chapter 3 - The Origin of Life on Earth -- Chapter 4 - Life as the Evolution of Information -- Chapter 5 - Life Jim, But Not as We Know It -- Chapter 6 - Extinction -- Chapter 7...”

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Table of Contents: “...? -- 18. Comets: messengers from the past -- 19. Where do oceans come from? -- 20. Playing God with primordial soup -- 21. Stardust and origin of life -- 22. Our place in the Universe -- 23. Bibliography -- 24. Appendix I. Scientific notation -- 25. Appendix II...”

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Table of Contents: “... Into Space -- Chapter 2: Stardust: The Origins of Life, Evolution and Adaptation -- Chapter 3: The Adaptive Equipment of the Genus Homo: Symbolism and Niche Construction -- Part II: Arguments For and Against Human Space Colonization -- Chapter 4: A Choice...”

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Table of Contents: “... Chirality on Questions of the Origin of Life in the Universe -- Chapter 9: What About the Rest of the Universe? -- 9.1: Are We Alone? -- 9.2: Extremophiles on Earth -- 9.3: And From Outer Space? -- Glossary -- Index....”

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Table of Contents: “... Proteins and Protocells Therefrom -- Theories on Origins of Life Between 1860 and 1900 the Spontaneous Generation Controversy Years Post Darwin And Pasteur’s Works -- Reminiscences-Pont-A-Mousson-1970 to Trieste-2000 -- Materials For “First Steps” In Evolution...”

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Table of Contents: “... -- The Prebiotic Synthesis of Oligonucleotides -- The Possible Role of Clays in Prebiotic Peptide Synthesis -- Interactions Between Amino Acids and Nucleotides in the Prebiotic Milieu -- Coacervate Systems and Origin of Life -- Transfer RNA and the Translation Apparatus...”

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