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Life in the Universe - From the Miller Experiment to the Search for Life on other Worlds (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)
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Life in the Universe - From the Miller Experiment to the Search for Life on other Worlds (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)
Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 7
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H. BALTSCHEFFSKYChairman Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
Arrhenius Laboratories, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm,
Sweden. Professor Stanley Miller, Professor K. R. Srinivasan,
Organizers and Sponsors of this Conference, Ladies and Gentlemen;
WearegettingreadyfortheAbdusSalamLecture,
honoringtwomostdistinguishedsci- tists.
Bothhaveverysigni?cantlycontributedtotherapidgrowthofthesphereoffun-
mentalknowledgeinthesecondhalfofthetwentiethcentury. Abdus Salam,
theoreticalphysicist, NobelPrizewinner, creatorandlongtimeleader of
The Abdus Salam Center of Theoretical Physics. With his active
interest in the origin
oflifeheplayedaleadingroleininstigatingtheseconferencesonChemicalEvolutionand
theOriginofLifehereinTrieste,
whichstillareofsuchprimaryimportanceinthis?eld.
Heleftthisworldin1996. And Stanley Miller, whomostgenerously,
astheAbdusSalamLecturer, isgoingto
giveushis"Recollectionsofthebeginningofchemicalevolutionexperiments"
DearStanley, itisagreatprivilege, andindeedapleasuretointroduceyou.
Thisisina wayaquiteeasytask,
becauseweallalreadyknowthat"theMillerexperiment,"whichis
mostappropriatelyplacedinthetitleofthisconference, in1953,
exactly50yearsago, was amajorbreakthrough,
openingupanewresearch?eldwith, andfor, rationalandadvanced
chemicalexperimentationonthemolecularoriginoflife.
Itwouldtaketoomuchtimetotrytodescribehereyourscienti?ccarrier,
yourprices, yourPresidencyofISSOLandyourmanyothersuccesses.
SoIratherwillendthisint- ductionwithacoupleofpersonalrecollections.
First I would like to combine something of Abdus Salam and Stanley
Miller. Abdus
Salamgavethevery?rstinvitedlectureoftheUniversityofStockholmInternationalL-
turesonHuman, GlobalandUniversalProblems, in1975. And10yearslater,
atLidingo ] closetoStockholm,
StanleyMillergavetheopeninglectureofaconferenceontheMol-
ularEvolutionofLife. OnapictureItook, asaco-arrangeroftheseevents,
Stanleyisseen approachinginhisusual, modestway,
morefocussedonscienti?cdiscussionthanonthe camera. Last but not
least, I shall tell you the true story about when we learned that
Stanley isanenthusiasticenvironmentalist, inthebestsenseoftheword.
About25yearsago, in Stockholm, Stanley, my wife and I strolled in
the King's Garden. Its elmtrees were full 7 J. Seckbach et al.
(eds. ), Life in the Universe,7-8. C 2004 Kluwer Academic
Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. 8 of young people who, some
even spending nights in the trees, prevented the authorities from
removing the elmtrees, by ax and saw. Also Stanley signed a
petition to save the elmtrees-andtheyweresaved Stanley, I believe
that your greatness as a scientist and as a friend must be linked
to the many facets of your wonderful personality. We much look
forward to your lecture. THE BEGINNING OF CHEMICAL EVOLUTION
EXPERIMENTS Recollections and Perspectives 1 2 3 S. L. MILLER, J.
L. BADA, and A."
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