Miller and urey biography for kids
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Miller–Urey experiment facts for kids
The Miller and Urey experiment (or Urey–Miller experiment) was an experiment that made organic compounds out of inorganic ones by applying a form of energy.
The idea was to simulate hypothetical conditions thought to be present on the early Earth (Hadean or early Archaean).
It was a test of the chemical origins of life.
Miller and urey biography for kids
Specifically, the experiment tested Alexander Oparin's and J.B.S. Haldane's hypothesis that conditions on the primitive Earth favored chemical reactions that synthesized organic compounds from inorganic precursors. Considered to be the classic experiment on the origin of life, it was conducted in 1952 and published in 1953 by Stanley Miller and Harold Urey at the University of Chicago.
After Miller's death in 2007, scientists examined sealed vials preserved from the original experiments.
They were able to show that there were well over 20 different amino acids produced in Miller's original experiments. That is considerab