Life in the Universe
From the Miller Experiment to the Search for Life on other Worlds
Edited by Joseph Seckbach, Julian Chela-Flores, Tobias Owen and François Raulin
Table of contents
Introduction to Life in the Universe - Pages 3-5 - Johnson, Torrence V.
The Abdus Salam Lecture Introduction - Pages 7-8 - Baltscheffsky, H.
The Beginning of Chemical Evolution Experiments - Pages 9-16 - Miller, S.L. (et al.)
An Overview of Cosmic Evolution - Pages 17-26 - Coyne, George V., S.J.
Physical Phenomena Underlying the Origin of Life - Pages 27-51 - Pérez-Mercader, Juan
The Origin of Biogenic Elements - Pages 55-58 - Matteucci, F. (et al.)
Thermochemistry of the Dark Age - Pages 59-62 - Puy, Denis
Searching for Oldest Life on Earth: A Progress Report - Pages 63-66 - Moorbath, Stephen (et al.)
The European Exo/Astrobiology Network Association - Pages 67-69 - Brack, A.
The Origin of Biomolecular Chirality - Pages 73-77 - Rivera Islas, J. (et al.)
Salam Hypothesis and The Role of Phase Transition In Amino Acids - Pages 79-82 - Wang, Wenqing (et al.)
A Mechanism for the Prebiotic Emergence of Proteins - Pages 83-87 - Vladar, H. P. (et al.)
Functional, Self-Referential Genetic Coding - Pages 89-91 - Guimarães, Romeu Cardoso (et al.)
Importance of Biased Synthesis in Chemical Evolution Studies - Pages 93-96 - Negron-Mendoza, A. (et al.)
When did Information First Appear in the Universe? - Pages 97-100 - Roederer, Juan G.
Prebiotic Organic Synthesis and the Emergence of Life: From the Miller Experiment to the Start of Biological Evolution - Pages 103-106 - Delaye, L. (et al.)
Origin and Evolution of Very Early Sequence Motifs in Enzymes - Pages 107-110 - Baltscheffsky, H. (et al.)
The Lipid World: From Catalytic and Informational Headgroups to Micelle Replication and Evolution Without Nucleic Acids - Pages 111-114 - Bar-Even, Arren (et al.)
Coenzymes in Evolution of the RNA World - Pages 115-118 - Kritsky, M. S. (et al.)
The Role of Heat in the Origin of Life - Pages 119-120 - Bahn, Peter R. (et al.)
A Possible Pathway for the Transfer of Chiral Bias from Extraterrestrial Cα-Tetrasubstituted α-Amino Acids to Proteinogenic Amino Acids - Pages 121-122 - Crisma, Marco (et al.)
Prebiotic Polymerization of Amino Acids. A Markov Chain Approach - Pages 123-124 - Mosqueira, F.G. (et al.)
The Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Formate in Hydrothermal Sulfide ore Deposit as a Novel Source of Organic Matter - Pages 125-126 - Vladimirov, M.G. (et al.)
Towards a Chronological Order of the Amino Acids - Pages 127-128 - Collis, W. J. M. F.
Origin and Evolution of Metabolic Pathways - Pages 129-132 - Brilli, M. (et al.)
Conserved Oligopeptides in the Rubisco Large Chains - Pages 133-134 - Vidyasagar, Professor(Biophysics) P.B. (et al.)
On the Question of Convergent Evolution in Biochemistry - Pages 135-138 - Akindahunsi, A. A. (et al.)
Diversity of Microbial Life on Earth and Beyond - Pages 139-142 - Seckbach, Joseph
Mineral Surfaces as a Cradle of Primordial Genetic Material - Pages 145-148 - Gallori, Enzo (et al.)
Adsorption and Self-Organization of Small Molecules on Inorganic Surfaces - Pages 149-152 - Fraser, Donald G.
Studies on Copper Chromicyanide as Prebiotic Catalyst - Pages 153-156 - Kamaluddin, (et al.)
Phosphate Immobilization by Primitive Condensers - Pages 157-160 - Souza-Barros, Fernando (et al.)
Adsorption and Catalysis of Nucleotide Hydrolysis by Pyrite in Media Simulating Primeval Aqueous Environments - Pages 161-164 - Vieyra, Adalberto (et al.)
Dust and Planet Formation in the Early Universe - Pages 167-168 - Vladilo, Giovanni
Quasar Absorption-Line Systems and Astrobiology - Pages 169-172 - Vladilo, Giovanni
A New Search for Dyson Spheres in the Milky Way - Pages 173-176 - Minniti, Dante (et al.)
Space Weather and Space Climate - Pages 177-180 - Messerotti, Mauro
Spontaneous Generation of Amino Acid Structures in the Interstellar Medium - Pages 183-186 - Meierhenrich, Uwe J.
Experimental Study of the Degradation of Complex Organic Molecules. Application to the Origin of Extended Sources in Cometary Atmospheres - Pages 187-190 - Fray, N. (et al.)
Fate of Glycine During Collapse of Interstellar Clouds and Star Formation - Pages 191-194 - Chakrabarti, Sandip K. (et al.)
Formation of Simplest Bio-Molecules During Collapse of an Interstellar Cloud - Pages 195-199 - Acharya, Kinsuk (et al.)
Chemical Abundances of Cometary Meteoroids from Meteor Spectroscopy - Pages 201-204 - Trigo-RodrÍGuez, Josep M (et al.)
Viable Halobacteria from Ancient Oceans—and in Outer Space? - Pages 207-210 - Stan-Lotter, H. (et al.)
Mars-Like Soils in the Yungay Area, the Driest Core of the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile - Pages 211-216 - Navarro-GonzÁlez, Rafael (et al.)
The Discovery of Organics in Sub-Basement Fossil Soils Drilled in the North Pacific (Odp Leg 197): Their Model Formation and Implications for Astrobiology Research - Pages 217-220 - Bonaccorsi, R. (et al.)
Silica-Carbonate Biomorphs and the Implications for Identification Of Microfossils - Pages 221-222 - Carnerup, Anna M. (et al.)
Some Statistical Aspects Related to the Study of Treeline in Pico de Orizaba - Pages 223-224 - Cruz-Kuri, L. (et al.)
The Beagle 2 Lander and the Search for Traces of Life on Mars - Pages 227-231 - Brack, Andre (et al.)
Minimal Unit of Terraforming an Alternative for Remodelling Mars - Pages 233-237 - Omar, Héctor (et al.)
Early Archaean Life - Pages 239-244 - Westall, Frances
Extraterrestrial Impacts on Earth and Extinction of Life in the Himalaya - Pages 245-248 - Tewari, V. C.
Palaeobiology and Biosedimentology of the Stromatolitic Buxa Dolomite, Ranjit Window, Sikkim, Ne Lesser Himalaya, India - Pages 249-250 - Tewari, V. C.
Searching for Extraterrestrial Life - Pages 253-256 O- wen, Tobias
Search for Bacterial Waste as a Possible Signature of Life on Europa - Pages 257-260 - Bhattacherjee, Aranya B. (et al.)
Sulfate Volumes and the Fitness of Supcrt92 for Calculating Deep Ocean Chemistry - Pages 261-264 - Vance, Steven (et al.)
The Case for Life Existing Outside of our Biosphere - Pages 265-267 - Gatta, Riccardo Sidney
Application of Molecular Biology Techniques to Astrobiology - Pages 269-273 - Gatta, Riccardo Sidney (et al.)
Titan - Pages 275-280 - Raulin, FranÇois (et al.)
Chemical Characterization of Aerosols in Simulated Planetary Atmospheres - Pages 281-285 - Ramirez, Sandra I. (et al.)
Observation, Modeling and Experimental Simulation: Understanding Titan’S Atmospheric Chemistry Using These three Tools - Pages 287-291 - Bernard, J. -M. (et al.)
Exobiology of Titan - Pages 293-296 - Simakov, Michael
Seti-Italia - Pages 299-302 - Montebugnoli, S. (et al.)
Seti on the Moon - Pages 303-306 - Maccone, Claudio
Proposing a United Nations Secretary General SETI International Advisory Board - Pages 307-309 - Picco, Giandomenico (et al.)
Some Engineering Considerations on the Controversial Issue Of Humanoids - Pages 311-315 - Genta, Giancarlo
The New Universe, Destiny of Life, and The Cultural Implications - Pages 319-326 - Dick, Steven J.
Evolution of Intelligent Behavior - Pages 327-331 - Chela-Flores, Julian
Evolution of Language as Innate Mental Faculty - Pages 333-334 - Tahir Shah, K.
How Advanced is Et? - Pages 335-337 - Musso, Paolo
Chance or Design in the Origin of Living Beings - Pages 341-344 - VicuÑa, Rafael (et al.)
Astrobiology and Biocentrism - Pages 345-348 - Aretxaga, Roberto
Analysis of the Works of the German Naturalist Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) on the Origin of Life - Pages 349-352 - Raulin-Cerceau, Florence
A Reexamination of Alfonso Herrera’s Sulfocyanic Theory on the Origin of Life - Pages 353-356 - Silva, E. (et al.)
Determinism and the Proteinoid Theory - Pages 357-360 - Pappelis, Aristotel (et al.)
Glimpses of Trieste Conferences on Chemical Evolution and Origin of Life - Pages 361-363 - Chadha, Mohindra S.
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