Origins of Life Volume II: Contemplations and Doubts

In Origins of Life Volume II, life and its origin are inspected from traditional and unexpected points of view. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach, discussing astrobiology; chemical evolution; and how the Universe accommodates life, molecular biology, and philosophy. It is an open-minded approach, fully referenced throughout, and each chapter includes a further reading section for anyone wishing to learn more about that perspective on the origins of life.

First, everything started, with the Big Bang, from nothing. It appears now that everything was aiming toward our existence, some 13.75 × 109 years later, being capable of understanding it all. We did it using powerful tools: science, philosophy, and religion. Although we appreciate the contributions made by philosophy and religion, our contemplations and doubts are based on the plentiful scientific evidence provided.

The reader will be guided from make-up of the ＂life stage＂ (Universe), tools and materials needed for the living matter to be formed in the small part of the Universe, which one could call Human Neighborhood, or the Local Universe. It contains galaxies, galaxy clusters, and voids, and the Milky Way and its satellites influencing each other during this time span.

The book is easy to read, accompanied by numerous references; it could be of use to the expert in the field as well as for curious minds with a scientific, philosophical, or religious background.

Dr. Vladivoj (Vlado Valkovic), born 1939, a retired professor of physics, is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the Institute of Physics (London). He has authored 24 books, from Trace Elements published by Taylor and Francis, Ltd., International Scientific Publishers in 1975 to Low Energy Particle Accelerator-Based Technologies and Their Applications published by CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group in 2022. He is also author or coauthor 410 scientific and technical papers in international scientific journals in the research areas of nuclear physics, instrumentation application of nuclear techniques to problems in biology, medicine, environmental research and trace element analysis. Dr. Vlado Valkovic has also worked as a professor of physics, the head of laboratories, and as a scientific advisor for respected institutions around the world.