Aspects of the Origin of Life

Content: 
OTHER TITLES IN THE PURE AND APPLIED BIOLOGY SERIES, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Introduction, Pages vii-viii, MARCEL FLORKIN
Some Considerations on the Primaeval State of the Earth, Pages 1-7, V.G. FESENKOV
Primitive Planetary Atmospheres and the Origin of Life, Pages 8-14, HAROLD C. UREY
The Origin of the Biosphere, Pages 15-24,24a,25-29, A.P. VINOGRADOV
The Problem of Stages in Biopoesis, Pages 30-44,44a,45, J.D. BERNAL
The Formation of the Earth from Cold Material and the Problem of the Formation of the Simplest Organic Substances, Pages 46-54, B.Yu. LEVIN
Chemical Diversity and the Origins of Life, Pages 55-62, N.W. PIRIE
The Geological Conditions for the Appearance of Life on the Earth, and the Problems of Petroleum Genesis, Pages 63-66,66a,67-70,70a,71-73, P.N. KROPOTKIN
The Role of Dissymmetry in the Origin of Living Material, Pages 74-84, A.P. TERENT'EV, E.I. KLABUNOVSKI
Formation of Organic Compounds on the Primitive Earth, Pages 85-97, STANLEY L. MILLER
The Original Formation of Amino Acids under the Action of Ultraviolet Rays and Electric Discharges, Pages 98-104, T.E. PAVLOVSKAYA, A.G. PASYNSKI
Absolute Asymmetric Synthesis and Asymmetric Catalysis, Pages 105-115, E.I. KLABUNOVSKI
On the Origin of the Fore-protein, Pages 116-123, SHIRO AKABORI
Evolution of Enzymes and the Photosynthetic Apparatus, Pages 124-128,128a,129-131, MELVIN CALVIN
The Nature of the Forces Operating in the Process of the Duplication of Molecules in Living Organisms, Pages 132-140, LINUS PAULING
The Occurrence of Amino Acids in Nature, Pages 141-147, R.L.M. SYNGE
A Chemical Theory of Spontaneous Generation, Pages 148-154, SIDNEY W. FOX
The Scale of Structural Units in Biopoesis, Pages 155-169, J.D. BERNAL
Biochemical Processes in the Simplest Structures, Pages 170,170a,171-174,174a,174b,175-178, A.I. OPARIN
Protein Complexes as Biochemically Active Systems, Pages 179-188, G.A. DEBORIN
The Relation between Primitive and Present-day Photobiological Processes, Pages 189-195, C. REID
Subject Index, Pages 196-199