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One can only understand the essence of things when one knows their origin and development.

Alexander Oparin

From our point of view, therefore, the modern process of evolution of living organisms is fundamentally nothing more than the addition of some new links to an endless chain of transformations of matter, a chain the beginning of which extends to the very dawn of existence of our planet.

Alexander Oparin

There is every reason now to see in the origin of life not a "happy accident" but a completely regular phenomenon, an inherent component of the total evolutionary development of our planet. The search for life beyond Earth is thus only a part of the more general question which confronts science, of the origin of life in the universe.

Alexander Oparin

Life — the word is so easy to understand, yet so enigmatic for any thoughtful person.

Alexander Oparin

It has now become quite clear that the origin of life was not the result of some "happy chance" as was thought till quite recently, but a necessary stage in the evolution of matter. The origin of life is an inalienable part of the general process of the development of the universe and, in particular, the development of the earth.

Alexander Oparin

Alexander Oparin

Alexander Oparin

Born: March 2, 1894

Died: April 21, 1980 (aged 86)

Bio: Alexander Ivanovich Oparin was a Soviet biochemist notable for his theories about the origin of life, and for his book The Origin of Life. He also studied the biochemistry of material processing by plants and enzyme reactions in plant cells.

Known for:

Genesis and Evolutionary Development of Life (1968)
The Origin of Life on the Earth (1957)
The Universe
The Origin of Life (1953)

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