Table of Contents: “... -- Chemistry -- Biochemistry -- Biology -- Microbiology -- Origins of Life -- Artificial Life -- Epistemology. The alphabetical part is complemented by: Astrobiological Data -- Astronomical Data -- Geological Data -- Chemical and Biological Data -- Chronological...”

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Table of Contents: “...Introduction -- Definition of Life -- Origin of Life -- Synthetic Life -- Lessons from the History of Life on Earth -- Energy Sources and Life -- Building Blocks of Life -- Life and the Need for a Solvent -- Habitats of Life -- Signatures of Life -- Life...”

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Table of Contents: “...Astrophysics -- Astrochemistry -- Planetology -- Space Science -- Space Missions and Planetary Protection -- Geology -- Geochemisty -- Geomicrobiology -- Traces of Life -- Chemistry -- Biochemistry -- Biology -- Microbiology -- Origins of Life...”

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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: “... and the Origin of Life -- Chirality and the Origins of Life -- Early Proteins -- The Beginnings of Life on Earth: Evidence from the Geological Record -- Index of Chemical Species....”

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Table of Contents: “... Considerations and Evaluation of Results -- IV. Applications to Some Physical and Biological Problems -- V. Tables -- References -- Current Theories on the Origin of Life -- I. Introduction -- II. The Nature of Living Organisms -- III. The Origin of Life on the Earth...”

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