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Rasool 1967
Rasool, S.I., 1967: Evolution of the Earth's atmosphere. Science, 157, no. 3795, 1466-1467, doi:10.1126/science.157.3795.1466.
We living things are a late outgrowth of the metabolism of our Galaxy. The carbon that enters so importantly into our composition was cooked in the remote past in a dying star. From it at lower temperatures nitrogen and oxygen were formed. These, our indispensable elements, were spewed out into space in the exhalations of red giants and such stellar catastrophes as supernovae, there to be mixed with hydrogen, to form eventually the substance of the sun and planets, and ourselves. The waters of ancient seas set the pattern of ions in our blood. The ancient atmospheres molded our metabolism.
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@article{ra00110g,
author={Rasool, S. I.},
title={Evolution of the Earth's atmosphere},
year={1967},
journal={Science},
volume={157},
number={3795},
pages={1466--1467},
doi={10.1126/science.157.3795.1466},
}
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TY - JOUR ID - ra00110g AU - Rasool, S. I. PY - 1967 TI - Evolution of the Earth's atmosphere JA - Science JO - Science VL - 157 IS - 3795 SP - 1466 EP - 1467 DO - 10.1126/science.157.3795.1466 ER -
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