Between Necessity and Probability: Searching for the Definition and Origin of Life ILO Vaellusmuistoja Lapin selkosilta 9781475718942 Vaellusmuistoja Lapin selkosilta The membership of the College con tinues to grow and its influence in changing the face of general practice in the United Kingdom is significant This study investigates the major theories of the origins of life in the light of modern research with the aim of distinguishing between the necessary and the optional and between deterministic and random influences in the emergence of what we call ‘life and makes the argument that understanding life in its broadest context requires a material independent perspective that identifies its essential fingerprints