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Science 26 March 1999:
Vol. 283. no. 5410, p. 2026
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5410.2026a
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ORIGINS OF LIFE:
Old Views of Ancient Events

A review by Steven A. Benner

The Molecular Origins of Life Assembling Pieces of the Puzzle
André Brack, Ed.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999. 427 pp. $85, £65. ISBN 0-521-56412-3. Paper, $34.95, £22.95. ISBN 0-521-56475-1.

A collection of review articles, by researchers well known for their work on the origins of life, that offers the latest word on classical approaches but fails to convey the current excitement in, and potential of, the field.
The author is in the Departments of Chemistry, Anatomy, and Cell Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. E-mail: benner{at}chem.ufl.edu

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