Alexander Oparin

 

 (1894 - 1980) was a Soviet biochemist notable for his contributions to the theory of the origin of life, and for his authorship of the book "The Origin of Life". He also studied the biochemistry of material processing by plants, and enzyme reactions in plant cells. He showed that many food-production processes are based on biocatalysis and developed the foundations for industrial

biochemistry. He is known as the Charles Darwin of the 20th century and as the father of abiogenesis.
"There is no return to the past. In the future we will have to live and think with reference to the present achievements of science. But these achievement assure us that the greatness of man does not consist in his false egocentric pretentions but in his ability to understand the grandeur of the universe, the inexhaustible chain of orderly development which it comprises."
Alexander Oparin (biochemist)