Life Comes from Life

Dr. J.N. Srivatsava, Statistician
CNS Research Professor, Colorado State University

Abstract: This is the first in a series of articles on the above topic to appear in this journal. In this series, we shall explore the precise meaning of the qord 'life', and develop a course of (heuristic) reasoning leading to the assertion that "life comes from life". These articles will generally be readable by the lay public. However sybmols will be used quite often in order to make the presentation compact and simple, and paragraphs will be numbered for ease of reference. As such, people with a college education would find these articles more approachable. No proofs will be presented, but some elementary logic will be appealed to troughout. It must be emphasised that the level of these articles is beyond mere philosophy; still, however, one should not conclude that the assertion 'Life comes from life' is proven here in a 'rigourous'manner, acceptable to the scientists.On the other hand, using the ideas presnte dhere, we should be close to the level where a mathematical formalism could be attempted. (In other words, we sould be close to the point where a theory, whose logic is acceptable to the scientists and in which the ideas of articles are central and major, could be put forward). But, the proofs (along with their limitations, if any) will get developed only when the formalism is carried out, and such formalism will require more advanced science and mathematics, and would be beyond the scope of this journal.