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 .'''p039 Chapter 3: The Origin of Life: From Chemistry to Biology'''
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 .'''p067 Appendix: Chemical Structures and Reactions'''
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 .'''p083 Chapter 5: The Origin of Life: The Road to the Protocell'''
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 .'''p189 Chapter 9: Life Out There: The Astronomical Quest'''
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 .'''p219 Chapter 10: Life as We Don't Know It: The Design of Natural and Unnatural Life-Forms'''
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 .'''p231 Chapter 11: The Hunt for Intelligence: Preliminary Thoughts'''
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 .'''p257 Chapter 12: The Hunt for Intelligence: The Searches'''
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 .p301 Lustin-Yaeger 2018 ocean glint Astronomical Journal 156 no. 6 December
 
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Is Earth Exceptional?

The Quest for Cosmic Life

  • Mario Livio & Jack Szostak . 2024 . 576.83 LIVIO . Cedar Mill Library

  • p001 Chapter 1: A Freak Chemical Accident or a Cosmic Imperative?

  • p001
  • p022

  • p025 Chapter 2: The Origin of Life: The RNA World

  • p033
  • p033
  • p034
  • p034
  • p037
  • p038

  • p039 Chapter 3: The Origin of Life: From Chemistry to Biology

  • p043
  • p048
  • p057

  • p067 Appendix: Chemical Structures and Reactions

  • p067

  • p073 Chapter 4: The Origin of Life: Amino Acids and Peptides

  • p073

  • p083 Chapter 5: The Origin of Life: The Road to the Protocell

  • p025
  • p087
  • p089
  • p091
  • p092
  • p093
  • p094
  • p095
  • p096 ,p097
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  • p110
  • p111
  • p111
  • p112
  • p112
  • p112
  • p113
  • p117
  • p117

  • p119 Chapter 6: Putting it All Together: From Astrophysics and Geology to Chemistry and Biology

  • p135
  • p136
  • p136
  • p137
  • p138

  • p141 Chapter 7: Extraterrestrial Life on Solar System Planets?

  • p143
  • p144
  • p151
  • p152
  • p152
  • p156
  • p156
  • p161

  • p167 Chapter 8: Extraterrestrial Life on Solar System Moons?

  • p172
  • p174
  • p177
  • p178
  • p179
  • p180
  • p180
  • p181
  • p187

  • p189 Chapter 9: Life Out There: The Astronomical Quest

  • p194
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  • p198
  • p199
  • p199
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  • p200
  • p200
  • p202
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  • p206
  • p208
  • p216
  • p216
  • p218

  • p219 Chapter 10: Life as We Don't Know It: The Design of Natural and Unnatural Life-Forms

  • p221
  • p223
  • p225

  • p231 Chapter 11: The Hunt for Intelligence: Preliminary Thoughts

  • p233
  • p233
  • p237
  • p238
  • p242
  • p245
  • p250
  • p251
  • p252
  • p253

  • p257 Chapter 12: The Hunt for Intelligence: The Searches

  • p259
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  • p260
  • p261
  • p261
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  • p262
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  • p263
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  • p264
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  • p265
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  • p271 Chapter 13: Epilogue: And Immanent Breakthrough?

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  • p274
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  • p275
  • p275
  • p277
  • p278
  • p279
  • p279
  • p279
  • p280
  • p281
  • p282
  • p282
  • p283
  • p283
  • p284
  • p284

  • p285 Acknowledgements
  • p2

  • p287 Selected Further Reading
  • p301 Lustin-Yaeger 2018 ocean glint Astronomical Journal 156 no. 6 December

  • p311 Index

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