title: Q & A.
abstract: Leslie Orgel is a Professor and Senior Fellow at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of California at San Diego. The first part of his career was devoted to the theoretical inorganic chemistry of transition metal ions. This led to the publication of a book on Ligand-Field Theory. Since 1964, he has concentrated on aqueous solution chemistry that might be relevant to the origin of life. He has authored or co-authored two books on the origin of life.
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Orgel
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D000069497:Origin of Life; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012313:RNA