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Nicolai Levashov. Spirit and mind. Vol.1

creating electronic environments that gives the carbon atoms the ability to generate a
range of qualities which make the origin of life possible.
The so-called outer electrons of carbon atoms are able to unite with the outer
electrons of other atoms at right angles to each other. It is exactly this property that

allows carbon atoms to create various
spatial connections.

Fig. 19 — The spatial structure of cytosine
— one of four nucleotides which make up
the structure of DNA and RNA molecules.
Joining together, nucleotides form the
DNA and RNA spirals which are the basis

of life. The miracle of life's origin is a
consequence of the carbon atoms'
qualitatively diverse spatial connections.

Such structures are formed in a watery
environment during atmospheric
discharges of electricity. Three kinds of
carbon atom connections give rise to three
kinds of spatial organization of matter —
the structure of diamonds, isotropic in two
spatial directions and anisotropic in one
direction; the structure of graphite and,
lastly, the structure of DNA and RNA

molecules, anisotropic in all spatial
directions. Thus, the anisotropy of matter is
the basis of all life.

Fig. 20 — The spatial structure of a
segment of an RNA molecule, composed
of a chain of consecutively connected
nucleotides: guanine, adenine, thy mine
and cytosine. Its molecular weight runs

into hundreds, thousands, or millions of
nuclear units and exhibits a
disproportionate distribution in the various
spatial directions.

Spatial anisotropy of the DNA and
RNA molecules is a necessary condition
for the origin of life. It is precisely spatial
nonuniformity at the microspace level that

creates the necessary and sufficient
conditions for the emergence of living
matter.

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