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