Rasool S I
Science. 1967 Sep 22;157(3795):1466-7. doi: 10.1126/science.157.3795.1466.
We living things are a late outgrowth of the metabolism of our Galaxy. The carbon that enters so importantly into our composition was cooked in the remote past in a dying star. From it at lower temperatures nitrogen and oxygen were formed. These, our indispensable elements, were spewed out into space in the exhalations of red giants and such stellar catastrophes as supernovae, there to be mixed with hydrogen, to form eventually the substance of the sun and planets, and ourselves. The waters of ancient seas set the pattern of ions in our blood. The ancient atmospheres molded our metabolism.
我们生物是银河系新陈代谢的晚期产物。对我们的构成至关重要的碳，是在遥远的过去由一颗垂死的恒星产生的。在较低温度下，从中形成了氮和氧。这些对我们不可或缺的元素，在红巨星的喷发以及超新星等恒星灾难中被喷发到太空中，在那里与氢混合，最终形成了太阳、行星以及我们自身的物质。古代海洋的水确定了我们血液中离子的模式。古代的大气塑造了我们的新陈代谢。
