INDEX 



498 



Huxley, T. H., 73-4 

 Hydrocarbons (cf. Polymerisation) 

 abiogenesis of, 67, 94-5, 109, 



129-30, 159. 165-9 

 abiogenic transformation of, 142-3, 



153, 161, 164-85, 205 

 in atmosphere, 166, 175-9, 185 

 cosmic distribution, 54-5, 116- 



27, 137-41. 153 

 in hydrosphere, 167, 175, 186 

 in lithosphere, 167-9, 173-7 

 saturated, 118-20, 130, 137-9, i43' 



170, 182 

 unsaturated, 67, 119-20, 143, 170-1, 



182, 184, 202-3, 215 

 in volcanic gas, 160, 167, 175 

 Hydrocarbon-using organisms, 412-4 

 Hydrosphere (cf. Evolution, chemi- 

 cal, prebiological) 

 catalysts in, 371 

 coacervates in, 319-21, 340, 356 

 open systems in, 339-41, 356 

 primaeval, 97-8, 141, 153, 155-6, 

 206, 449 

 Hylozoism, 44-6 



Idealism, 6, 23, 31-3, 43, 45-7, 73, 



107, 347 

 Insulins, 235, 243-4, 252, 257 

 Isotopic composition of elements, 



49-50, 111, 116, 122, 128, 143 



Joblot, Louis, 20 



Meteorites, 52-7, 120-5, 127, 140 

 Microsomes, 269, 271-2, 380-2 

 Mitochondria, 98, 266, 268-72, 380-1 



Needham, J. T., 21-2, 25, 27, 36, 44 

 Nitrogen compounds, inorganic (cf. 

 Ammonia), 74, 84, 116, 138, 

 142, 178-82, 203 

 Nucleic acids 



abiogenesis, 208-9, 211 



biosynthesis, 208-10, 216, 271, 

 286-8, 391-2 



in coacervates, 310 



in protein synthesis, 265, 267-8, 

 272-90, 362 



structure, 280-4 

 Nucleoproteins 



abiogenesis, 217 



self-reproduction, 232 



viral, 275-9 

 Nucleosides 



abiogenesis, 203-5 



biosynthesis, 205 

 Nucleotides 



abiogenesis, 189, 203, 205, 319 



in nucleic acids, 275, 279-85 



in peptide synthesis, 282-3 

 Nucleus, 86, 93, 271-2, 312, 314 



Oken, L., 24, 75 



Oxygen (cf. Atmosphere, Photo- 

 synthesis) 

 Ozone screen, 63-6, 163, 181, 438 



Kant, I., 23-4, 132-3 

 Kircher, Athanasius, 44 



Lamarck, 74-5 



van Leeuwenhoek, 19 



Leibnitz, 20, 44 



Liebig, 46-7 



Lipids 

 abiogenic formation, 189, 200-1 

 biosynthesis, 391, 413, 415 

 laboratory synthesis, 108 



Lithosphere, 121, 141-2, 155-6, 159, 

 165-77, 184, 188 



Materialism, 3, 16, 31-5, 44-7, 50, 

 73-4. 92. 339. 347-8 



Panspermia, 43, 52-60, 64, 69, 77, 



93- 112 

 Paracelsus, 14-6, 44 

 Pasteur, Louis, 28-31, 37, 45, 48, 



50. 55. 375. 388 

 Pentoses 



abiogenesis, 199 



in alcoholic fermentation, 428 



in nucleosides, 205, 208 

 Peptide formation, 208-16, 232, 



259-60, 264-7, 302 

 Petroleum 



in nutrition of micro-organisms, 

 412-3 



origin, 49, 110-1, 127-30, 173-4, 201 



porphyrins in, 111, 201-2 

 Pfliiger, E., 82-4, 419-20 



