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“The Origins of Life”

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N. W. PIRIE'S characteristic and entertaining account of the symposium in Moscow on the origin of life mainly consists of an exposition of his views on the subject and a metaphysical criticism of a minor part of my own contribution to the discussion.

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BERNAL, J. “The Origins of Life”. Nature 180, 1220 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1801220a0

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