Web Resources for Research into the Origin & Evolution of Life

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For an introduction into current efforts to understand the origins and evolution of life the following sites have proved useful.  Kinohi Home Page

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Institutes

• The Spitzer Science Center
• The Spitzer Space Telescope
• Columbia Astrobiology Center
• Santa Fe Institute
• The SETI Institute
• Mars Institute
• Astrobiology Institute
• Mars meteorite information
• Lunar and Planetary Institute
• Extraterrestrial Samples - Johnson Space Center
• New York Center for Studies on the Origins of Life
• International Society for the Study of the Origins of Life (ISSOL)

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Journals

• Icarus
• Astrobiology
• International Journal of Astrobiology
• Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Sites of Special Interest:

Many of these have been created or inspired by the students we all hope are far ahead of us in curiosity, wisdom, and intelligence.

• The Cool Cosmos
• The Challenger Center for Space Science Education
• Seattle Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
• Windows to the Universe

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People Instrumental In Understanding the Origin & Evolution of Life in the Universe

Scientists whose work was often 'ahead of their times'.

• Barbara McClintock: Jumping Genes
• Lynn Margulis: Symbiogenesis and Gaia
• Baruch Blumberg: Hepatitis and Viral Adaptation
• Rebecca Elson: A Responsibility to Awe
• Marie Curie: Radiation and Life
• Rosalind Franklin: single stranded viruses
• Hepatia of Alexandria: Mathematics and the People