1. Amino acids in carbonaceous chondrites

   • James G. Lawless
   • Etta Peterson

   Part I/Organic Cosmochemistry Pages: 3 - 8

2. Remarks on the chemical conditions on the surface of the primitive Earth and the probability of the evolution of life

   • Hans E. Suess

   Part I/Organic Cosmochemistry Pages: 9 - 13

3. Molten Earth and the origin of prebiological molecules

   • Mikio Shimizu

   Part I/Organic Cosmochemistry Pages: 15 - 21

4. Soil and water and its relationship to the origin of life

   • Duwayne M. Anderson
   • Amos Banin

   Part I/Organic Cosmochemistry Pages: 23 - 36

5. Microbial contributions to the evolution of the ‘steady state’ carbon dioxide system

   • Richard Y. Morita

   Part I/Organic Cosmochemistry Pages: 37 - 44

6. Structures of biogenic origin from Early Precambrian rocks of Euro-Asia

   • A. S. Lopuchin

   Part I/Organic Cosmochemistry Pages: 45 - 57

7. Photochemical synthesis of simple organic free radicals on simulated planetary surfaces—An ESR study

   • Shin-Shyong Tseng
   • Sherwood Chang

   Part II/Abiotic Organic Synthesis Pages: 61 - 73

8. High frequency discharge experiment

   • S. Yuasa
   • M. Ishigami

   Part II/Abiotic Organic Synthesis Pages: 75 - 81

9. Formation of prebiochemical compounds in models of the primitive Earth's atmosphere

   • G. Toupance
   • F. Raulin
   • R. Buvet

   Part II/Abiotic Organic Synthesis Pages: 83 - 90

10. Formation of prebiochemical compounds in models of the primitive Earth's atmosphere

    • F. Raulin
    • G. Toupance

    Part II/Abiotic Organic Synthesis Pages: 91 - 97

11. Organic synthesis by quench reactions

    • W. K. Park
    • A. R. Hochstim
    • C. Ponnamperuma

    Part II/Abiotic Organic Synthesis Pages: 99 - 107

12. Shock synthesis of amino acids II

    • A. Bar-Nun

    Part II/Abiotic Organic Synthesis Pages: 109 - 115

13. Quantum chemical study of the thermodynamics, kinetics of formation and bonding of H₂CN relevance to prebiotic chemistry

    • G. H. Loew
    • S. Chang

    Part II/Abiotic Organic Synthesis Pages: 117 - 125

14. Aminonitriles: Possible role in chemical evolution

    • Mohindra S. Chadha
    • Peter M. Molton
    • Cyril Ponnamperuma

    Part II/Abiotic Organic Synthesis Pages: 127 - 136

15. Macromolecules and the origin of life

    • Haruhiko Noda
    • Hiroshi Mizutani
    • Hiroyuki Okihana

    Part III/Abiotic Organic Synthesis and Interactions: Polymers Pages: 139 - 146

16. NMR studies of prebiotic polypeptides

    • Salvatore Andini
    • Ettore Benedetti
    • Piero Andrea Temussi

    Part III/Abiotic Organic Synthesis and Interactions: Polymers Pages: 147 - 153

17. The origin of proteins: Heteropolypeptides from hydrogen cyanide and water

    • Clifford N. Matthews

    Part III/Abiotic Organic Synthesis and Interactions: Polymers Pages: 155 - 162

18. Prebiotic nucleotide synthesis-demonstration of a geologically plausible pathway

    • Alan W. Schwartz
    • M. van der Veen
    • G. J. F. Chittenden

    Part III/Abiotic Organic Synthesis and Interactions: Polymers Pages: 163 - 168

19. Models of prebiological phosphorylation

    • M. Halmann

    Part III/Abiotic Organic Synthesis and Interactions: Polymers Pages: 169 - 174

20. Conditions of occurrence for primeval processes of transphosphorylations

    • Elisabeth Etaix
    • René Buvet

    Part III/Abiotic Organic Synthesis and Interactions: Polymers Pages: 175 - 183

21. Experiments on the origins of optical activity

    • William A. Bonner
    • Jose J. Flores

    Part IV/Structural and Thermodynamic Considerations on the Origin of Life Pages: 187 - 194

22. A technique for the determination of enantiomeric amino acids in biological samples

    • K. D. Haegelle
    • P. Y. Howard
    • W. Parr

    Part IV/Structural and Thermodynamic Considerations on the Origin of Life Pages: 195 - 202

23. Coacervate-like microspheres from lysine-rich proteinoid

    • Duane L. Rohlfing

    Part IV/Structural and Thermodynamic Considerations on the Origin of Life Pages: 203 - 209

24. Evolution in bioids: Hypercompetitivity as a source of bistability and a possible role of metal complexes as prenucleoprotic mediators of molecular asymmetry

    • P. Decker

    Part IV/Structural and Thermodynamic Considerations on the Origin of Life Pages: 211 - 218

25. Entropy of the genetic information and evolution

    • Masami Hasegawa
    • Taka-Aki Yano

    Part IV/Structural and Thermodynamic Considerations on the Origin of Life Pages: 219 - 227

26. Physical foundations of the probability of biogenesis

    • C. A. Bogdanski

    Part IV/Structural and Thermodynamic Considerations on the Origin of Life Pages: 229 - 237

27. Some physical parameters controlling cell size during the evolution of the procaryons

    • M. McCabe

    Part IV/Structural and Thermodynamic Considerations on the Origin of Life Pages: 239 - 243

28. The beginning of photosynthesis

    • E. Broda

    Part V/Early Biochemical Evolution Pages: 247 - 251

29. Evolution of photosystems of photosynthetic organisms

    • N. V. Karapetyan

    Part V/Early Biochemical Evolution Pages: 253 - 256

30. Evolution of oxygen by plants in relation to biosphere evolution

    • V. M. Kutyurin

    Part V/Early Biochemical Evolution Pages: 257 - 263

31. Ambiguity in the interpretation of abiotic syntheses

    • A. G. Cairns-Smith

    Part V/Early Biochemical Evolution Pages: 265 - 267

32. On the question of the origin and evolution of the genetic system

    • Vladimír Novák
    • Vlastimil Liebl

    Part V/Early Biochemical Evolution Pages: 269 - 271

33. A model for the coevolution of the genetic code and the process of protein synthesis: Review and assessment

    • James C. Lacey Jr.
    • Arthur L. Weber
    • William E. White Jr.

    Part V/Early Biochemical Evolution Pages: 273 - 283

34. Chemical evolution and the origin of life

    • Martha W. West
    • Elizabeth D. Gill
    • Keith A. Kvenvolden

    Part V/Early Biochemical Evolution Pages: 285 - 298