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Leslie Orgel was a British biochemist who researched the origins of life and wrote a book on the topic explaining the differences between living organisms and inanimate matter, which consisted of over 300 articles. In his book, Orgel proposed two important "laws": that natural processes will evolve proteins to speed them up if they are too slow, and that evolution is more intelligent than humans. Orgel studied at Oxford University and later worked for NASA, participating in the Viking project to visit Mars, and received several prestigious awards for his scientific work and contributions.
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- 1. LESLIE ORGEL
- 2. LOS ORGENES DE LA VIDA Leslie Orgel fue un bioqu鱈mico brit叩nico que se dedic坦 a investigar los or鱈genes de la vida, y escribi坦 un libro con ese nombre, en el que explica las diferencias entre los organismos vivos y la materia inerte. Est叩 constituido por m叩s de trescientos art鱈culos sobre ello.
- 3. Orgels laws At his book, Leslie Orgel wrote a lot of entries, but the most important were that ones: - If a natural proccess is too slaw, a protein progress for make it faster. - Evolution is more intelligent than the human being.
- 4. Byography Leslie was a Britanic biochemist. He studied at Oxford University. Later, he was one of the most important scientist at the NASA, and participated at the project Viking, That consisted in visit Mars. He has received awards like National Academy of Sciences award, Royal Society of London award and Arts and Sciences American Academy award.