spontaneous creation of life

[Marc Roussel]

In article <robison1.723750034 at husc10> robison1 at husc10.harvard.edu
(Keith Robison) writes:
>1)  von Waechterhausen (or -er?) and Cairns-Smith 
>    have produced interesting (and highly debated) proposals
>    as to how the primoridal biomolecules were able to
>    stick together before the formation of cells.  If you
>    have not read these (and some of the debate on them),
>    you should.

     Cairns-Smith's work is easy to find (he has written books) but I
have never heard of this other person.  Where might one find a readable
account of his or her work?

				Marc R. Roussel
                                mroussel at alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca