INDEX 



Abiogenesis of organic compounds 

 nitrogenous, 170, 172, 178-84, 188, 



192, 196, 202-5, 207, 213-6 

 phosphorus-containing, 205-9 

 sulphur-containing, 171, 184, 188, 



196, 214 

 oxygen-containing, 153-4, 162-6, 



170-2, 174, 177-82, 189, 198- 



200 

 Adsorption 

 on inorganic catalysts, 188, 195, 



214, 304, 339 

 in coacervates, 311, 314, 353, 371, 



385 

 Albertus Magnus, 10 



Amino acids (cf. Polypeptides, Pro- 

 teins) 



abiogenesis, 96, 100, 108, 179-81, 

 203, 211, 214, 216 



biosynthesis of, 401, 413 



common, 237-9 



uncommon, 240 

 Amino acid radicals, 238-42, 250, 

 252 



arrangement in peptides, 236, 



241-5 

 arrangement in proteins, 234, 

 236-60, 267-8, 370 

 Ammonia 



cosmic distribution, 119-20, 137-40 

 on primitive Earth, 97, 141-3, 

 172, 178-83, 201 

 Anabiosis, 60-1, 67, 187, 312 

 Anaerobiosis 



anaerobic metabolism, 413, 416- 



29 

 primitiveness, 400, 402 



transition to aerobiosis, 430-8 



Antibiotics, 108, 190, 240, 243, 



251, 282, 361, 403 



Aquinas, Thomas, 10 



Aristotle, 5-10 



Arrhenius, S., 57-9, 63 

 Astronauts, 68 



Asymmetry, 48-9, 100, 189-96 

 asymmetric synthesis, 183, 192-6, 

 216, 388-90 

 Atmosphere of Earth 

 enrichment with oxygen, 143, 



156-9, 446-50, 463 

 primaeval (cf. Evolution, chemi- 

 cal), 81, 94-5, 141-3, 155-6, 158- 

 62 

 radiations, absorption by, 63, 161-3 

 Atmospheres 

 of planets, 95, 118-20, 125, 142 

 of stars, 1 15-7, 125 

 Augustine of Hippo, St., 9-10, 44 

 Autocatalysis (cf. Self reproduc- 

 tion) 



Bacon, Francis, 16 

 Basil the Great, St., 8-9, 11 

 Borodin, I., 32, 35 

 British Association, 73, 92 

 Bruno, Giordano, 15, 51 

 Buffon, G. L., 21 



Carbides, 123, 125-9, 140-2, 159-61, 



167-8 

 Carbohydrates {cf. Glycolytic sys- 

 tems) 

 abiogenesis of, 189, 198-201 

 laboratory synthesis, 108, 162-5 

 Carbon dioxide, fixation of, 110, 



407, 411-2, 414-5, 417-8 

 Catalysts (cf. Enzymes) 



analogous to enzymes, 245-6, 371-3 

 in stationary open systems, 331, 



333-5. 379 

 simple, 170-4, 188, 195-6, 199, 

 211, 214-5 



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