Life Decoded: The Sun, Your Origin, and the Creation of Life in the Universe

by Marek J. Lassota

Life Decoded is the first book that provides what appears to be the correct account of the central role of physics in the origin of life on early Earth. Written as a popular science book, it shows how a series of simple and well-known physical phenomena, and not a miracle or a random accident, probably force this process on all suitable planets in all planetary systems. Life Decoded is preceded by three Forewords, each written by a distinguished professor of physics. It is also the first work that compiles all known scientific requirements for a viable theory on the origin of life in a single place. These fifty-one requirements are based on the work done since the 1920's by about seventy scientists, including more than ten Nobel Prize winners. The theory presented agrees with all these requirements, and is supported by about one-hundred=fifty additional facts and "supporting events." In addition, Life Decoded provides a de facto proof that science is steadily converging on precisely the same solution to this problem.

432 pages, Hardcover

First published February 15, 2002