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1 - Reflections on Origins, Life, and the Origins of Life

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 July 2017

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Marie-Christine Maurel
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Andreas Losch
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Universität Bern, Switzerland
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What is Life? On Earth and Beyond , pp. 13 - 29
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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