pt. 1. disc 1. The grand question of life's origins ; The historical setting of origins research
disc. 2. What is life? ; Is there life on Mars?
disc 3. Earth's oldest fossils ; Fossil isotopes
Disc 4. Molecular biosignatures ; Emergence
disc 5. The Miller-Urey experiment ; Life from the bottom of the sea
disc 6. The deep, hot biosphere ; Experiments at high pressure.
pt. 2. disc 1. More experiments under pressure ; Deep space dust, molten rock, and zeolite
disc 2. Macromolecules and the tree of life ; Lipids and membrane self-organization
disc 3. Life on clay, clay as life ; Life's curious handedness
disc 4. Self-replicating molecular systems ; Gunter Wachtershauser's grand hypothesis
disc 5. The RNA world ; The pre-RNA world
disc 6. Natural selection and competition ; Three scenarios for the origin of life.
