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He didn't really "prove" anything. He demonstrated that if you take carbon dioxide, water vapor, and ammonia, and zap it with an electric current for a week or so, you form sludge which contains all kinds of interesting organic compounds.

This is fairly important conceptually, because it showed that using simple, purely physicochemical (that is, NOT biological) processes on very simple molecules it was at least possible to make reasonably complicated organic molecules.

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Harold Urey and Stanley Miller were biochemists that were able to?

Harold Urey and Stanley Miller were able to prove the hypothesis that conditions during the early portion of earth's formation were conducive to complex chemical reactions. These reactions formed amino acids, which are the bases of organic compounds that lead to life on earth.


How did Stanley Miller contribute to biology?

Stanley Miller conducted experiments that showed that simple organic molecules can form from an inorganic 'soup'. These experiments show that organic molecules could have formed from the inorganic componets of the earth early in its history.


Whose experiment showed how enzymes could have formed inorganically?

The experiment was conducted by Stanley Miller and Harold Urey in 1953. They simulated early Earth conditions and showed that organic molecules, including amino acids, could form from inorganic precursors like water, methane, ammonia, and hydrogen when subjected to energy sources like electricity.


Who were Stanley Miller and Harold Urey?

Stanley Miller and Harold Urey were two scientists who send electrical currents through gases that were believed to be Earth's early atmosphere (water vapor, ammonia, hydrogen, and methane). When the gases cooled, they thickened to make a salt water-like liquid that had things in it like amino acid, what is found in present-day cells.


Why does the urey-miller experiment not prove that life started that way?

The Urey-Miller experiment simulated early Earth conditions and produced organic molecules like amino acids, but it did not create life. Life is more than just the presence of organic compounds; it involves complex processes like self-replication and metabolism. The experiment provides insight into how building blocks of life can be formed, but it does not prove how life actually began.

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Stanley Miller was given an Oparin Medal for his work contributing the "origins of life."


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Who discovered that a variety of amino acids and organic acids could be produced in the laboratory in a reducing atmosphere with electrical sparks?

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What is the birth name of Chipper Cooke?

Chipper Cooke's birth name is Stanley Miller Cooke III.


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About $60 if you have a way to prove it is real.


What has the author Robert W Stanley written?

Robert W. Stanley has written: 'College physics' -- subject(s): Physics, Problems, exercises 'Study guide for Miller's College physics'


What was the name of the actor who played Wojciehowicz on Barney Miller?

Max Gail played Det. Stanley Thaddeus "Wojo" Wojciehowicz .