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?
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p025 Chapter 2: The Origin of Life: The RNA World
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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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p073 Chapter 4: The Origin of Life: Amino Acids and Peptides
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p083 Chapter 5: The Origin of Life: The Road to the Protocell
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p119 Chapter 6: Putting it All Together: From Astrophysics and Geology to Chemistry and Biology
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p141 Chapter 7: Extraterrestrial Life on Solar System Planets?
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p167 Chapter 8: Extraterrestrial Life on Solar System Moons?
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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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p271 Chapter 13: Epilogue: And Immanent Breakthrough?
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- p285 Acknowledgements
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