Providing an interwoven mosaic about the evolutionary nature of chemistry, this book follows chemical evolution from the simplest elements formed in the Big Bang to the molecular diversity and complexity present today. Review chapters demonstrate the multidisciplinary use of chemical principles and techniques. Content: PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1; THE EMERGENCE OF CHEMICAL COMPLEXITY - ROBERT M. HAZEN; PART I: CHEMICAL EVOLUTION IN ASTROPHYSICS; 2; CHEMICAL ORIGINS: NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE - KEITH A. OLIVE; 3; ORIGIN OF THE ELEMENTS: NUCLEOSYNTHESIS IN STARS - BRADLEY S. MEYER; 4; CIRCUMSTELLAR CHEMISTRY AND DUST FROM DEAD STARS IN METEORITES - KATHARINA LODDERS; 5; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM: FEEDSTOCK OF SOLAR SYSTEMS - LOUIS J. ALLAMANDOLA; 6; IDENTIFYING MOLECULES IN SPACE: EXPLORING ASTROCHEMISTRY THROUGH HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY - LUCY M. ZIURYS; PART II: GEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION: SOLAR SYSTEM AND EARTH; 7; CHEMICAL DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCES ACROSS THE SOLAR SYSTEM - JOHN S. LEWIS; 8; PHOTOCHEMISTRY IN THE EARLY SOLAR SYSTEM - ROBERT N. CLAYTON; 9; LESSONS FROM METEORITES - MICHAEL E. LIPSCHUTZ; 10; CHEMISTRY AND COMPOSITION OF PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES - LAURA SCHAEFER AND BRUCE FEGLEY, JR; 11; HAFNIUM-TUNGSTEN CHRONOMETRY OF PLANETARY ACCRETION AND DIFFERENTIATION - THORSTEN KLEINE; PART III: PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY; 12; COSMIC CARBON CHEMISTRY - PASCALE EHRENFREUND AND MARCO SPAANS; 13; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AS RECORDED IN CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES - OLIVER BOTTA; 14; EARTHS EARLY ATMOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, LITHOSPHERE, AND HYDROSPHERE - DOUGLAS RUMBLE, III; 15; PREBIOTIC ORGANIC SYNTHESIS IN NEUTRAL PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES - H. JAMES CLEAVES, JOHN H. CHALMERS, ANTONIO LAZCANO, STANLEY L. MILLER, AND JEFFREY L. BADA; 16; THE RNA WORLD SCENARIO FOR THE ORIGIN OF LIFE - JAMES P. FERRIS AND JOHN W. DELANO; SUMMARY; 17; SYSTEMS CHEMISTRY SKETCHES - STUART A. KAUFFMAN; PART IV: TEACHING CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; 18; SCIENCE AND THE CONCEPT OF EVOLUTION - LORI ZAIKOWSKI, RICHARD T. WILKENS, AND KURT FISHER; 19; ONLINE TOOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING GALACTIC CHEMICAL EVOLUTION - ALLEN PARKER AND BRADLEY S. MEYER; 20; SPECTROSCOPY AND THE COSMOS: APPLICATIONS IN THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES - LORI ZAIKOWSKI, S. RUSSELL SEIDEL, AND JON M. FRIEDRICH; 21; DEVELOPMENT OF LABORATORIES FOR TEACHING CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES USING RADIO ASTRONOMY - DEWAYNE T. HALFEN, ALDO J. APPONI, AND LUCY M. ZIURYS; 22; CHEMISTRY OF LIFE: CHEMICAL EVOLUTION AS A THEME FOR TEACHING UNDERGRADUATE CHEMISTRY - BHAWANI VENKATARAMAN; AFTERWORD - RICHARD N. ZARE; GLOSSARY; INDEX Abstract: Providing an interwoven mosaic about the evolutionary nature of chemistry, this book follows chemical evolution from the simplest elements formed in the Big Bang to the molecular diversity and complexity present today. Review chapters demonstrate the multidisciplinary use of chemical principles and techniques