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Dedication.- Biodata of editors.- Preface by the editors.- Acknowledgements.- Group photograph and List of Attendees.- I. Opening.- II. Where did the Chemical Elements Come From and When did Life Begin?- III. Physical Constraints on the Origin of Life.- IV. From the Miller Experiment to Chemical and Biological Evolution.- V. Alternative Scenarios for the Origin and Evolution of Life.- VI. Cosmological and Other Space Science Aspects of Astrobiology.- VII. Planetary Exploration in our Solar System: The Interstellar Medium, Micro-Meteorites.- and Comets.- VIII. Earth Analogues of Extraterrestrial Ecosystems.- IX. On the Question of Life on Mars and on the Early Earth.- X. Searching for Extraterrestrial Life, Europa, Titan and Extrasolar Planets.- XI. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).- XII. The Search for Evolution of Intelligent Behavior and Density of Life.- XIII. Epistemological and Historical Aspects of Astrobiology.- List of Participants.- Index.

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