Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life - Rauchfuss, Horst; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
Historical Survey -- The Cosmos, the Solar System and the Primeval Earth -- From the Planets to Interstellar Matter -- "Chemical Evolution" -- Peptides and Proteins: the "Protein World" -- The "RNA World" -- Other Theories and Hypotheses -- The Genetic Code and Other Theories -- Basic Phenomena -- Primeval Cells and Cell Models -- Exo/Astrobiology and Other Related Subjects.
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