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Addy Pross is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. His research interests lie in the physics-chemistry-biology relationship and the origin of life. His pioneering book ‘What Is Life? How Chemistry Becomes Biology’ has been published nearly a dozen languages.

Addy Pross is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. His research interests lie in the physics-chemistry-biology relationship and the origin of life. His pioneering book ‘What Is Life? How Chemistry Becomes Biology’ has been published nearly a dozen languages.

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