The volume consists of two brief introductory chapters, a large chapter that presents most of the data, three appendices and an extensive set of references.
The appendices contain letters and charts with important data that not only support the book's arguments, but also open new ways for future investigations.
The documents varied in length from very short summaries of key recommendations with little supporting documentation to large reports with numerous appendices.
In the two following appendices a substantial selection of texts of different periods, help the reader toward the stage of independent translation of actual documents.
Four appendices follow, containing origin of life models, definitions of life, a dictionary of technical terms and a list of abbreviations.
The book is effectively organized into fourteen chapters, three appendices and three indices.
There are three appendices, one each on fractals, modelling programmes and the principles of reflection seismology.
There are helpful specific appendices for instructors, with a range of datasheets ready to copy and use.
